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SATURDAY 7 MAY 2022
Mark your calendars, The Barangaroo Artisan Market has been postponed to Saturday 7 May 2022.
The Streets will come alive with 40+ stalls boasting carefully curated artisanal wares.
Peruse aisles of ceramic, prints, homewares, jewellery and support local businesses, while enjoying free live music and delicious eats along Sydney's stunning harbour.
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STALLHOLDERS & ENTERTAINMENT
4evaeco tableware is a healthy alternative to plastic, made of stainless steel and silicone, both are non-toxic and safe. They are durable, reusable and long lasting, helping you reduce waste. Choosing 4evaeco products is a simple way to protect your health and the environment.
With views over Waterman's Cove, Golden Hour at CHI by Lotus is a luxe spot for an afternoon drink. $15 cocktails, $10 wines, $8 beers, all with complimentary prawn crackers Wednesday - Saturday 3-6pm
AMACYN NATURAL PERFUME
Amacyn Natural Perfumes are local makers and designers of organic natural perfumes with Australian native plants and 100% natural scented candles, with zero use of synthetic chemicals that are harmful to the body and environment.
AMBER'S FOOD WRAPS
Amber's Food Wraps are Aboriginal designed, owned and made. We use Dreamtime fabric designed in the Northern Territory, submerged with an organic beeswax formula which becomes malleable and shapeable to cover or wrap sandwiches, fruit, vegetables or cheese when stored in the fridge - the perfect solution to end single-use plastics.
Aniday jewellery is designed and handmade in Sydney. Every piece is completely unique and made with hypoallergenic stud poles, backings and hoops for those sensitive ears. All earrings are made in a small batch or custom made to order, meaning less wastage and a product that is completely unique to you.
AU REVOIR LES FILLES
Having studied Fashion Design in Paris & wanting to create French-inspired jewellery that is designed for stacking, Teresa Tiong draws inspiration from story and romance. Featuring Australian opals, freshwater pearls, plated in 14K gold, her jewellery has been worn by The Veronicas, Delta Goodrem & Sophie Monk.
Balgarra Designs consists of four artists - Joanne Cassady, Michelle Hamilton, Leeanne Hunter and Leona McGrath. The ladies began painting together in the 80's however over the years the ladies forged their own careers, but have reunited and formed a special and unique bond - working together creating beautiful artwork.
BEL & BRIO
Bel & Brio offer both alcoholic and non alcoholic hampers filled with a diverse selection of gourmet food & fine wines. With over 3,000 different wines & spirits in our cellar and a marketplace full of food & beauty products, our team will help you to create the perfect hamper for your recipient.
Barangaroo Orthopaedic & Sports Injury Clinic (BOSIC) is a multi-disciplinary clinic that brings together Physiotherapy, Clinical Pilates, Exercise Physiology, Orthopaedics, Remedial Massage, Podiatry, Dietetics, and Sports Medicine. Visit them for a 10 minute massage for a $1 donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
CandleXchange makes high quality fragranced candles in reusable glass and ceramic containers in Sydney, Australia. The model enables customers to exchange their used candle container for a new candle at a reduced cost, approx 40% cheaper than buying new. They reuse these containers to make new candles.
CWA OF NSW
The CWA of NSW are celebrating their Centenary this year and will be at the markets selling their famous homemade jams, preserves and handicrafts along with CWA merchandise. All money raised will go to support local NSW charities.
Dula means ‘to play’. We create activewear and swimwear using only recycled materials to help sustain our environment. Dula aims to conserve and preserve the virgin resources of our planet while diverting plastic bottles and other waste from polluting our waterways.
EASY PET TOYS
We established this business primarily out of our love for animals, as their well-being is so important to us. Easy pet toys have a great range of toys - from your gentle dogs to your power chowers.
Empath Ana is an intuitive psychic that offers products and candles that inspire intention. The candle-making process is meticulously researched, selected and then handcrafted based on the spiritual properties of the fragrance, herbs and crystals.
Artwork of Sydney based Artist and Illustrator Brooke Lucy Gill. Brooke's intricately hand drawn illustrations come in the form of bookmarks, cards, prints, bags, tea towels and t-shirts. A beautiful, inspiring, motivational brand that makes you FEEL something inside. Designed and printed in Australia.
The Hiraoka family continues the Japanese tradition of handcrafting miso in Sydney using traditional techniques which have been passed on for generations. Passionate about organics and high quality, Enokido Miso is handmade using only the finest of Australian grown organic ingredients.
From Silvia is 100% dedicated to gluten free living - creating healthier, delicious gourmet foods for everyone. Silvia’s signature creations delight, dazzle and are sought after - for being healthier, made with natural ingredients and meeting the many dietary requirements, without ever compromising on their superb taste.
GWIYAALA ABORIGINAL ART
Bronwen Smith and Gavin Chatfield are the artists behind Gwiyaala Aboriginal Art. Both artists are a part of the Walbunja clan within the Yuin Nation. Inspired by the ocean and the surroundings of the area they grew up, Bronwen and Gavin bring you their Aboriginal culture through original canvas art, cards and prints.
Our vision is to change the world, one shoe at a time. Hammerhead Threads was a result of our own struggles in finding stylish, cruelty free and sustainable wearables. If you can have stylish wearables and cause zero harm, why would you not? All our shoes are handmade, fair trade and cruelty free made from recycled materials.
LATHER AND BLISS
Lather and Bliss is a local, Australian company that produces handmade soap and body products that nourish your skin and senses. Using wonderfully mild, skin loving ingredients and scented with beneficial essential oils, our products provide a spa experience in your very own home.
MAINE+MARA accessories are designed for the bold and the brave. A unique collection of edgy statement jewellery handmade in Sydney. Championing colourful, contemporary aesthetics, each distinctive piece of wearable art tells a story. Each piece is handmade with the intention of uplifting its wearer and influencing the celebration of individuality and strength.
Mama Liu’s is a Sydney based small family business, specialising in a small batch Chinese chilli oil. We believe food is a labour of love, our chilli oil is handmade and hand bottled in south west Sydney.
Dry sheets are made of soft and gentle fleece with a waterproof backing. These sheets are excellent for use as an underlay for babies’ nappy-free play time, keeping both the baby comfy and any spills contained. Leakproof and easily washable, these dry sheets are a sustainable option for keeping babies comfy at home and on the go.
Artisanal Ceramic Jewellery. Inspired by Australia's coastline and the bushland beyond. Designed and crafted by hand with Australian clays and ethically sourced recycled silver.
Mimoso is a socially responsible company that designs and creates artisanal pet accessories that are not only utterly unique and beautiful, but also have a positive impact. All our products are handmade by Indigenous Women of the southern Mexican State of Chiapas.
Mimi Mati, efficacious, original and precious designs hand crafted to inspire Greek culture around the world. Mimi derives from Mary, mother of Jesus Christ who is filled with bitterness, beloved by many and wished for child.
Modarte is a name synonymous with quality when it comes to luxury made to measure clothing we are pioneers of the ‘farm to fashion’ concept. We use top quality merino wool sourced from our farms in regional Australia. Located on Watermans Quay & offering 20% discount on our MTM suits, shirts, ties, cuff links & pocket squares.
At Naked Munch each and every product is carefully curated for its nutritional benefits and holistic wellness. We use the best Australian human grade ingredients to ensure taste and nutrition in each and every bite, paired with an extensive range of fun enrichment, slow feeders and toys.
PALM ART BOUTIQUE
Palm Art Boutique makes unique home decor items from palm fronds and palm inflorescence, totally natural materials that would be otherwise send to the tip in the green recycling bin. Every item is 100% handmade with love and totally unique.
Pollen Sisters is a Northern Beaches based, sister-collaborative who love everything raw, natural, organic & sustainable. We make a range of beeswax products with wax from our own beehives. Our products make everyone bee happy, bee kind and make people feel great as they help us to support and protect this important little creature.
Based in Surry Hills, Amy and Holly, two girls from the UK, are passionate about baking and run their own small business. We are dedicated to supplying high quality homemade treats such as: brownies, blondies, cupcakes, rocky road, cookies, sponge cake, cheesecake, millionaire’s choc/biscuit and more.
SARETTA ART & DESIGN
Each piece from the Saretta product range comes from an original Aboriginal artwork. My labelling carries the Aboriginal name and interpretation, the story of the artwork and a little about myself as the Artist, intriguing to the viewer and inviting them to savour, connect and learn about the rich alive culture of Aboriginal Australia.
Sonia Pallett Jewellery has a unique style using sterling silver and semi-precious stones. Using different jewellers’ techniques, she incorporates a lot of her culture into the pieces with the use of Aboriginal symbols.
Transport yourself to the spice markets of Morocco or the tea gardens of Darjeeling in the Indian Himalayas. Spice Zen brings an extensive range of the finest hand made spice mixes, loose leaf teas and cold pressed nut & seed oils that are all certified organic, gluten free and vegan.
THE CANDLE COUNTER
The Candle Counter was created by two friends Ella & Poppy. All of our candles are carefully hand poured in our Eastern Suburb homes. We use soy wax, natural fragrance oils, sustainable packaging and always encourage our customers to refill their candle containers. Every candle is crafted with care and individually poured with love.
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST
The Unexpected Guest is 100% First Nations family-owned business based in Sydney, NSW. We specialise in creating organic breakfast mueslis and all natural snack products infused with Australian Indigenous ingredients.
THREE CATS YARN
Mel is the Owner and Dyer behind Three Cats Yarn, a small independent supplier of hand dyed yarns based in Sydney Australia. Mel prides herself on beautiful speckled and variegated yarns in a variety of colours reflecting nature and her surroundings.
There’s a story behind every craft. A hand behind every cheese. Perfection behind every batch. Vannella Cheese makes traditional Italian mozzarella and cheese using 100% single origin Australian milk.
VIOLET & GOLD
Violet & Gold are local makers of Australian native botanicals syrup mixers, handcrafted with 100% Australian ingredients and no nasties. Use our fancy cordials to elevate sparkling water, cocktails and mocktails. Violet & Gold is for those who like to treat themselves with sophisticated and intriguing flavours.
Yaingayaingarra an Aboriginal artist from the Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi nations.
YC Ceramics is a small emerging brand that provides small batch functional and decorative ceramics. Each piece is unique and handmade by Yanni Chui in Sydney, Australia.
Animal Feelings is the musical love child of producer and pianist Oli Chang. From introspective piano pieces to sprawling indy anthems, Animal Feelings ranges from ambient soundscapes to unexpected electronic drops. Listen to him in the International Tower One lobby.
"It's about putting a bit of soul in a place where no one looks at each other anymore". - GabzaK. Urban Experimental Saxman, Gabzak has his roots in House, Nu Jazz, Chill-Hop, Breakbeat and Funk, making a fusion with all these colours. Playing in the International Tower Three lobby.
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Why business feedback is important
Building a successful business takes work. In order to outperform competitors, businesses today need to ensure that they implement the essential strategies to effectively build partnerships, intellectual resources, to promote an idea, product, or service, with the objective of creating value for their business. The first thing that businesses should realize about these techniques, is that they all rely on effective communication. Communication is important in everything, especially in the business world; poor communication and lack of feedback can lead to frustrated customers, unmotivated employees and a negative corporate culture. Thus, companies should always prioritize business feedback.
Receiving and giving business feedback
It is important for businesses to receive and give business feedback. But to whom, and from whom?
Receiving business feedback from customers
Customers are among the best people to receive feedback from. Because they are the ones who use your product or service, they will most likely see it in a different perspective. By inviting them to give feedback, your company may learn something new. Perhaps customers will have comments about potential improvement that your company has never even thought of, or things that will improve the way your business is perceived.
Receiving business feedback from employees
Businesses should also ask employees to provide feedback. Employees who are given the opportunity to provide feedback feel more valued, and therefore, are more productive. Since employees are the ones who work with customers, they may also be able to provide insight as to what is working and what is not.
Giving business feedback to customers
When customers give business feedback to a company, they are often left wondering whether it was worth their time doing so. It’s a good idea to give customers feedback on their feedback; this means letting them know you have received their feedback, whether you like their idea, and if you will work on it.
Giving business feedback to employees and business partners
Business feedback doesn’t always need to be about your company’s product or service. To ensure effective team work, business communication and good working relationships, business feedback can be about workers’ performances. It’s important for any worker – an employee, a manager or business partner – to know how they are perceived. This improves the work relationship, which makes businesses stronger.
Giving and receiving business feedback with OneDesk
OneDesk makes giving and receiving business feedback easier. This social business software allows for two-way collaborative interaction, and facilitates teamwork and communication. With OneDesk, customers can submit feedback to companies, through the customer feedback application. The company can then immediately let customers know whether like their idea, and if they will work on it.
Employees and business partners can be invited to join a project and submit feedback. From there, they can view and join conversations regarding product feedback from customers, and submit their own. A project can be created just for employees, to collect work-related feedback.
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As members of the DFS community committed to doing things the right way, we feel that we need to do our part to protect the lifeblood of the industry, you the players. So, we have decided to get involved. Today we have entered into an agreement with the FantasyAces bankruptcy trustee to obtain player account and balance information in order to help reimbursing missing player funds.
Through this agreement, we have committed to reimburse Fantasy Aces players up to $1,000 cash to cover missing account balances, this makes 99.6% of the players whole. In addition, to help those with larger balances we are also going to offer the following:
- Players with a Fantasy Aces cash account balance between $1,000 – $5,000:
- We will provide $1,000 Cash + Remaining balance in FantasyCash up to $4,000 ($5,000 total)
- Players with a Fantasy Aces cash balance >$5,000:
- We will provide $1,000 Cash + $4,000 FantasyCash + a Pending Bonus for the remainder of your balance
- Pending Bonus is earned at a rate of 4% for each $1 in entry fees paid in USD, and is paid as FantasyCash
Upon court approval, we will provide additional detail on how you can claim your funds on FantasyDraft.
I want to reiterate that FantasyDraft is committed to being a responsible citizen of the DFS community. That means we do things the right way, and your funds will ALWAYS be segregated and protected. We are licensed or registered in all states that have passed DFS regulation and are compliant in each. When we say that We Put Players First, we mean it.
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TAC has highlighted recent Attorney General Opinions and Requests for Opinions of interest to counties.
Attorney General Opinions
Opinion relating to county courts. KP-0298: Whether section 74.104 of the Government Code limits the commissioners court in setting salaries of the court coordinator and assistant court coordinator for a district court (RQ-0312-KP); Government Code section 74.104 authorizes district judges to determine reasonable compensation of court coordinators, subject to approval by the commissioners courts; neither the judges nor commissioners courts have unilateral authority to set such compensation; a commissioners court may set the salaries of assistant court coordinators under Local Government Code section 152.011.
Opinion relating to tax exemptions during a crisis. KP-0299: Application of the temporary exemption for qualified property damaged by a disaster, as set forth in Section 11.35(g) of the Tax Code (RQ-0345-KP); Purely economic, non-physical damage to property caused by the COVID-19 disaster is not eligible for the temporary tax exemption provided by Section 11.35 of the Tax Code.
Requests for Attorney General Opinions
Request relating to authority of counties during a crisis. RQ-0342-KP: The Honorable Matthew Mills, Hood County Attorney; Whether, when operating under a local disaster declaration, local governments may commandeer private property under Government Code 418.108.
Request relating to authority of counties during a crisis. RQ-0343-KP: The Honorable Andrew Lucas, Somervell County Attorney; Whether Article 2, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution, relating to the separation of powers, applies to municipal government and the management of personnel.
Request relating to criminal procedure. RQ-0344-KP: The Honorable Elmer Beckworth, Cherokee County District Attorney; Whether the "warrant" and "warrant return" associated with an affidavit subject to disclosure under Article 18.02 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are subject to disclosure under the Public Information Act, or any other law or regulation of the State of Texas, when there is an ongoing criminal investigation.
Request relating to permits and licensing. RQ-0346-KP: The Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Select Committee on Driver's License Issuance & Renewal, Texas House of Representatives; Extension of driver's license expiration dates due to COVID-19 and its effect on firearms purchases.
Request relating to authority of counties during a crisis. RQ-0347-KP: The Honorable Dan Flynn, Chair, House Committee on Defense & Veterans Affairs, Texas House of Representatives; Authority of a county judge to issue emergency orders regulating the business of pawnshops during a declared disaster. | <urn:uuid:0dba26c9-6275-4243-a717-75fd30c0d000> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.county.org/News/County-Issues/2020/April/AG-Opinions-and-Requests | 2022-05-18T17:10:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662522284.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220518151003-20220518181003-00709.warc.gz | en | 0.899638 | 576 |
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Phillip Sipiora, Ph.D.
Sara Munson Deats, Ph.D.
Suzanne H. Stein, Ph.D.
hush, silence, musicality, bells, “trying to say”
The Sound and the Fury is a noisy book. Through the audible, the barely audible, and the silence, William Faulkner supports his narrative design with sound beyond dialog to inform and inflect the destabilizing narrative voices. This essay explores Faulkner's use of the sound and noise of the novel as another narrative voice. Faulkner's rich use of sound as a recurring motif, almost a persona or narrator itself, functions not merely to animate the action, the characters, and the title; it also speaks in the "hush" and the freighted "stiffly sibilant" whispers of those who dare not speak, or are "trying to say," while simultaneously running as a voiceless current beneath the disjunctive narrative. The range and quality of sound wavers throughout, from the musical to the "indescribable," as the past and present repeatedly segue forward and back to this soundtrack. Like the otherworldly racket of Macbeth, the noise of the novel plays beneath the surface, begging to be heard.
Much scholarship has been devoted to exploring Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, yet the text continues to reveal layers of meaning and resonance to yet another generation. This study seeks to interrogate the nature, function, and musicality of the sound, noise, and silence of the text as adumbrated in the rhetoric of Reverend Shegog's Easter sermon, Luster's valiant attempts to play on the saw the "inaudible tune," the ubiquitous bells, and Dilsey's determination through it all to sing. This study hopes to enter into the conversation on Faulkner's enduring work by listening to what the text is "trying to say."
Scholar Commons Citation
Ramsey, Lynn, "“An Indescribable Sound” in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury" (2010). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. | <urn:uuid:b52ec907-6596-4f29-8541-cde42595e065> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/1746/ | 2021-09-16T18:17:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780053717.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20210916174455-20210916204455-00048.warc.gz | en | 0.914644 | 458 |
Depending on your disposition, you may define success as the product of opportunity and ambition, opportunity and talent or even opportunity and plain old hard work. No matter what, opportunity is always a part of the equation.
A great opportunity is one that matches the values you have today and helps you nurture the skills you want to have tomorrow – a process that requires an investment in personal development, supported by coaching and feedback.
In short, learning never stops.
Finding the right opportunities
Rehana Ciriani is the Director of RBC’s Career Launch Program. She stresses the importance of taking ownership of your personal career development through actively seeking experiences that build your knowledge.
As you’re planning and beginning your career, it’s important to recognize that learning is a lifelong process, not one that ends when you finish your degree or diploma, she says.
“Your personal and professional growth is unique to you. Be mindful that it can take many forms including on the job learning that includes coaching and feedback and more formal approaches like instructor-led programs and professional designations.”
Once you enter the professional world, you won’t always have the structure of a classroom and you’ll constantly be exposed to new situations that build skills. These can be some of the most durable and important learning experiences for an individual.
“Every experience in the workplace is an opportunity for development and to broaden your knowledge,” Rehana says, “whether it’s learning how you can use a different approach to get a project done, or learning how to gain consensus to achieve faster decision making.”
A first employment experience can launch your career, so it’s important to ensure that you enter your first job ready to proactively identify, build a personal plan, and explore opportunities for work-relevant skills development, Rehana explains.
Outside of work, it will be up to you to identify skill-building opportunities that could boost your career, she explains, whether it’s through reading and research, networking, attending conferences or other avenues.
Making a commitment to learning and development doesn’t end with training an employee for a specific role, Rehana says – it’s an ongoing process for both employer and employee.
Coaching & mentoring
Rehana says that a strong work environment includes coaching and mentoring as a part of learning and development.
“There are always opportunities to develop professionally in an environment where talented people from different backgrounds and diverse experiences come together,” she explains.
“The opportunity to develop expertise within a role through coaching and feedback is critical.”
“We know that it’s important for recent grads to gain experience in an environment that helps them reach their full potential,” Rehana says, “and critical to this is coaching and mentorship and the opportunity to be part of a community and network with seasoned and aspiring professionals.”
A coach or mentor can be someone with years of experience in a particular role, or someone who understands your position based on first-hand experience.
In either case, the right coach can help you adjust to the challenges of a new environment and can be invaluable in providing professional and personal guidance and direction. They can also be a valuable part of your professional network, as they’ll be well-positioned to comment on your work as you explore future career opportunities.
Internships can offer great value and ability to understand the world of work today. By working in one or possibly several different departments, interns can get a better sense of the organizational culture, how various business teams interact, how work gets done and their role within the whole system, says Rehana. This kind of experience may also help identify some opportunities for career or skill growth for the future.
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McCain's Confusion On Iraq
If there is any fixed position in John McCain's policy agenda, it's that we must never, ever, set a timetable for leaving Iraq. He regularly flogs Barack Obama for proposing to withdraw by the summer of 2010. So it was a surprise to hear him say Monday, when asked if our troops might depart in the next two years, "Oh, I think they could be largely withdrawn, as I've said."
I guess that makes it unanimous. This week, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he's amenable to bidding the U.S. goodbye on Obama's schedule. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown indicated his forces will also be heading home soon.
Even President Bush has now come around to establishing a "time horizon" for "the further reduction of U.S. combat forces from Iraq." In other words: "We're going to leave, but it's none of your business when."
Despite creeping toward withdrawal himself, McCain continues to lambaste Obama for setting a timetable. But if the current policy is the stunning success depicted by McCain, it should be eminently practical to turn Iraq over to the Iraqis by the middle of 2010. If it is impossible to do that, more than seven years after the occupation began, how can McCain say the existing strategy is working?
The Arizona senator sounded frustrated this week, insisting that Obama was "completely wrong" in opposing the Bush administration's escalation of the war in January 2007. "The fact is, if we had done what Sen. Obama wanted to do, we would have lost," he declared. "And we would have faced a wider war. And we would have had greater problems in Afghanistan and the entire region."
What McCain omits is that if he himself had been right all the times before 2007 that he said things were going fine, no surge would have been needed. He's like a weatherman who forecasts clear skies every day and, when the rain finally lets up after a week, expects a standing ovation for his accuracy.
If we had done what Obama wanted to do back in 2002, we would not have lost — because we would not have invaded Iraq to start with.
We also would not have diverted ourselves from the correct focus of the war on terrorism. "Greater problems in Afghanistan and the entire region"? Apparently McCain hasn't noticed that we got those in spite of the surge, or more likely because of it.
The troop escalation has not been the complete failure Obama suggested it would be, but it has fallen far short of the triumph claimed by Republicans. The level of violence, though down from the very worst months of the war, remains at levels comparable to 2005 — which were considered awful at the time.
Iraqi civilians died at a higher rate in the first four months of this year than in the same period of 2005. The number of attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces is about the same. Here is McCain's definition of success: returning to a pace of bloodshed that was once regarded as intolerable.
Even the progress made in the last 18 months is only partly attributable to the additional American forces. Equally important was the decision of Sunni militias to turn against al-Qaida in Iraq. McCain insists this shift was only made possible by the surge — when, in fact, it happened several months before. Does he not know what really happened? Or does he not care?
Also contributing to the decline in sectarian violence was that by 2007, the sectarian violence had already achieved its main goal: driving Sunnis out of Shiite neighborhoods and vice versa. Of the 5 million Iraqis who fled their homes in the last five years, only 30,000 have returned.
The refugee crisis is just one of the results of a war that McCain has supported all along. The surge didn't provide a remedy to that or the many other afflictions that plague Iraq. For good or ill, though, we have probably achieved about all we can achieve with the means available.
That's obvious to most Americans and most Iraqis. Once in a while, the realization even dawns on John McCain. But he lies down until it passes.
Steve Chapman blogs daily at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman. To find out more about Steve Chapman, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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The commission from Sonic Acts XIII to make a piece for performance in Paradiso brought up some unusual challenges. It became quite clear that with 30 minutes sound check on an 8 channel system, 15 minute performance with 5 minute change over, there was little room for ‘live’ performance as I understand it, and as supported by STEIM. In effect I was asked to produce a sound file for them to play back, acousmatic / ‘tape’ piece style. So where does the live performance come in? what possibilities are there for adapting to the context of the space and the audience at the moment of production? can these elements possibly be determined in advance? My preparation of this piece in the studios at STEIM consisted of many tortured unsatisfactory versions, and I ended by shifting my live electronics to the preparation phase and performing to myself in the studio. As an ‘editing’ technique, these ‘live’ versions that i made in the studio created a sound world and form that a multi-track editing program would have likely overruled. The experience just strengthened my conviction that the playing / improvising of electronic music even at the most simple level, is crucial to it’s generation.
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Energy Transition: KIT at Intersolar and ees
Many elements are required for making the energy system more sustainable. Among them are smart solar storage systems, smartly interconnected energy grids, and electricity-based synthetic fuels (e-fuels). KIT studies the related technologies and will present latest findings and outlooks at the Intersolar and ees Europe exhibitions from May 31 to June 02 in Munich.
The main topics covered at the KIT booth will be the Helmholtz “Energy Lab 2.0” research platform (booth B2.140 in hall B2) at the special exhibit “Smart Renewable Energy”, the “SafetyFirst” project for efficient home storage systems, and experience gained from the operation of Germany’s largest solar power storage park for research at KIT (booth B1.154 in hall B1).
Further information in the Press Release 064/2017.
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Portuguese swimmer Paulo Sousa (pictured), accompanied by the Triathlon and Masters teams of the O2-Portimão Association, will be swimming from Praia da Batata in Lagos to Praia da Rocha on Sunday, August 25, in support of cancer research.
Sousa is expected to be four hours at sea. His departure from Lagos is scheduled for 10am and his arrival at Praia da Rocha is predicted to be at around 2pm. The experienced athlete, who is used to competing at this level, will be swimming the entire course, 14kms, while his supporting teams will be conducting relay races.
The group will be swimming nearly 300 metres away from the coastline, while on the shore volunteers will be receiving donations at Meia Praia in Lagos and the Portimão beaches.
Last year, O2-Portimão organised a Lagos to Carvoeiro swimming course which raised €318 for the Portuguese Cancer League (Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro). This year, the association is looking to tally up a larger amount for the cause and is hoping that beachgoers will display their solidarity with donations.
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Phillip Seymour Hoffman died of what seems to have been a heroin overdose.
Amy Winehouse died of alcohol intoxication after weeks of being dry.
Ryan Dunn crashed his car going wildly over the limit while being completely drunk.
These stars, a.k.a. people died, and left behind both fans, and family and friends who will miss them. But in every corner of the internet where people pay homage to the life lost, outside of the addictions, people remark how foolish the addicted persons were.
Cynicism credits no honor, no value outside of money or gain. Cynicism and despair allow a person to look at a tremendous loss and, remarkably, instead of feeling sad for the loss, get angry. Many of the complaining people are former fans, now left with only memories. And the feeling they having is "How dare this person do things that made them die".
If you read this and feel inspired to bitch about my commentary, answer me if what I am saying isn't true. You cannot feel sympathy for the loss because it would make you have to realize that your stars are human, and whatever level of talent they had/have, they saw the need to use drugs or alcohol to quiet their demons. The demons won. No one is saying a proper commentary wouldn't include discussion of the demons that afflict and addict, but if you are the sort who reserves all kindness and sympathy because they suffered the Scarlet Letter of addiction, perhaps you need to look inside your heart and ask if you are an asshole. (And for the cynics demanding to know if I am an apologist because I myself am addicted, no, I am not addicted to anything outside of caffeine. )
Cynicism is a disease.
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Spurred by the controversies over the new adaptation of The Jungle Book that opened this summer in Chicago, this series of articles explores who is allowed to tell whose stories onstage. This series is curated by Rebecca Stevens, the Chicago Commons Producer for HowlRound.
When I was a little girl, I was obsessed with mythology. Greek, Roman, Indian, Norse, you name it…I loved them all, more so than your standard fairy tales. I loved the epic nature of the stories that were so magical but also so obviously written (or orally shared through time) to speak to universal truths about the human condition. They were remarkably similar from culture to culture, and transcended the boundaries of time. In the seventh grade, we were assigned the task of writing a myth, and I wrote one with the Norse gods, explaining how Norway got its jagged coast. I have it to this day, with the red A+ prominently displayed at the top, not as a reminder of my twelve-year-old genius (note heavy sarcasm), but a reminder that no matter where you’re from, you can tell a story about another person if you focus on the universality of the tale and their experience, and not the specificity of their race. I believe my teacher assigned this task to teach us just that…no matter the color, gender, or year that a character belongs to, their humanity makes their story equally worthy of being told.
In the theater, we are also in the business of storytelling. However, our increasing multicultural awareness creates an intriguing conflict: we all want to have more representation of our own personal experience, but some also feel that the stories should only be told by those who have some kind of authority on the subject, an authority based on their experience as part of that culture or some connection to it. And such conflict creates walls where we should be tearing them down.
Plays are stories—fairy tales and fictions, historical and magical. They are not documentaries or history lessons. To think they are such would be myopic, especially considering even history books have some subjective views within them (if they didn’t you’d have to eliminate every adjective from them, making history unbearably boring to learn). And while artists choose to tell a story with varying degrees of authenticity, to hold them unremittingly responsible for never offending with their portrayals of other cultures is an unrealistic, although understandable, desire. We want to see what we know of ourselves put on stage, just as a person from the South wants Tennessee Williams to really “get them.” We fear that people unfamiliar with our traditions, our language, our lives will learn faulty things about us from a piece of art. There is a desire for heightened veracity—for ourselves as we see ourselves, or better, to be depicted on that stage. And when a playwright or actor or director “fails” us in that department, it’s easy to cry offended. But isn’t it as much our responsibility as storytellers first to remember that these are just that? Stories? And by their very nature, subjective?
I’ve been working with a playwright for some time on an epic romance/adventure tale about an Indian woman set during the time of the Raj. Interestingly, several people, when seeing the playwright’s first name (which is an initial), have commented on how impressed they are that a man could write such a well-developed female character. Others have remarked on things they found unrealistic and clearly written from a male perspective on a female’s experience. What they fail to realize is that the playwright is a woman. I find it interesting that by virtue of deciding she was a man, they wrote off some of her choices, saying that “he” couldn’t know about a woman’s experience.
You see where I’m headed with this. To say that someone, anyone, is categorically unable to understand something about the human condition because it isn’t part of their own experience or heredity is ludicrous. It would be the end of art as we know it. And it is as unreasonable to say someone from middle America couldn’t possibly understand the experience of someone from India as it is to say that I, as a contemporary Indian American raised in the States, couldn’t possibly understand and therefore have no right to play the role of Lady Macbeth. While some artists may achieve portrayals with more historical or cultural accuracy than others, we cannot write off any artist completely as unable to tell a story merely based on their actual connection to another race, culture, country, sex, or time. To do so is a kind of bias and racism in itself.
This presents another curious question: Why do we react as we do? Is it the internet, which has given us all the power to promote our own identities, to control the way we want to be seen, that has outsized our sensitivities to another person’s perspective? Or is it resentment that our own cultural groups are not given enough opportunity to tell our own stories so we jump on the person who does? Should Brits castigate Kazuo Ishiguro (a British subject of Japanese origin) for writing one of the most beautiful portraits of nineteenth-century British society, Remains of the Day? By their very nature, true artists are suited to their roles (playwright, director, actor) because of the special sensitivities they have to human behavior.
By wanting to be included in the zeitgeist but also desiring to control how we are portrayed, some of us are in danger of closing ourselves off from the creative process, because in an environment so fraught with cultural grievance, who wouldn’t be afraid to write about another group? What white male wouldn’t be afraid to write a story about an Indian lesbian in Mumbai, even if he intuitively understands her struggles and victories merely by virtue of the fact that he has an extraordinary talent for understanding the human condition? And by contrast, couldn’t an artist who fits the very same description as his or her protagonist be constrained by their own identity in such a way that interferes with telling a rich, evocative tale, one that originates from a seed planted in the imagination and cultivated through distance and perspective?
I think there is only one true requirement (beyond some measure of talent) for someone to be qualified to tell a story about another on the stage: respect for the humanity of the character and their experience—a desire to be inspired by it and speak not only from personal experience but from something greater than oneself. To look to the greatest source of humanity and ask, as Homer began in The Odyssey, “Sing in me muse…and through me tell the story”…and with that invocation, take the audience on a journey into the human spirit, wherever that spirit may come from or journey to. | <urn:uuid:ebcab92a-ed59-4bec-9156-9afc862afa6f> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.howlround.com/what-makes-an-artist-qualified-to-tell-a-story | 2014-04-24T16:13:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223206647.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032006-00273-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974962 | 1,431 |
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The Washington Post let anti-gay activist Tony Perkins from the Family Research Council (or as Box Turtle Bulletin calls it, the Family "Research" Council) contribute an op-ed to its 'On Faith' section yesterday. In it, Perkins blames the recent teen suicide tragedies on the victims themselves, writing:
Some homosexuals may recognize intuitively that their same-sex attractions are abnormal--yet they have been told by the homosexual movement, and their allies in the media and the educational establishment, that they are "born gay" and can never change. This--and not society's disapproval--may create a sense of despair that can lead to suicide.
Perkins also uses his platform to attempt to exonerate himself from blame.
Some homosexual activist groups lay blame at the feet of conservative Christians who teach that homosexual conduct is wrong, as well as pro-family groups such as Family Research Council which oppose elements of the homosexual political agenda, such as same-sex "marriage."
The Christians and pro-family leaders I know are unanimous in believing that no person, especially a child, should be subjected to verbal or physical harassment or violence--whether because of their sexuality, their religious beliefs, or for any other reason.
If Perkins truly believes that no person should be subjected to verbal harassment, why then, just a few paragraphs later, does he call them 'abnormal,' and 'self-destructive?' Why then, has he spent the last several years telling anyone who will listen that gay people are not fit to serve their country?
Jim Burroway from Box Turtle Bulletin provides a point-by-point takedown of Perkins' argument, based largely on the resources Perkins himself linked to in his Post piece. Jeremy Hooper from Good As You gives a comprehensive list of all the anti-gay statements and actions taken by FRC in the recent past. Chris Geidner from Metro Weekly points out the horrible timing of the Post's decision, coming on the eve of the anniversary of Matthew Shepard's murder, and on the heels of the horiffic anti-gay attacks in the Bronx, and the suicide tragedies of the last several weeks. Pam's House Blend also weighs in with a scathing review.
As GLAAD's Rashad Robinson wrote in Newsday last week, "Unfortunately, the negative portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and the rhetoric of anti-gay activists, especially in politics and in the media, not only tells these kids they matter less than their peers, it tells all young people that those who are (or are perceived to be) gay or bi are different or simply not good enough."
Look at FRC's history. Now look at our bullying resource page, as well as the resources provided by the experts at GLSEN. Perkins' rhetoric not only encourages and justifies anti-gay bullying, it IS anti-gay bullying - and it has no place in the pages of one of the nation's most respected news sources.
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Down & Dirty Searching For New Vocalist
After three albums, singer Stevie Ray Del Real (Majyk) and Down & Dirty are parting ways. Despite the split, the band will remain intact to play gigs already booked this summer while they begin the seach for a new frontman.
“With feelings of grief, and clarity, I would like to announce my departure from the band Down & Dirty,” said Del Real in a recent statement. “These past five plus years have been a dream, and I do not regret a thing. I love this band with all my heart — Joey, Ryan, and L.A. will always be part of my life. I want to make it clear that they are in no way my reason for leaving; I just believe it is time for me to expand my horizons and explore other avenues of my musical career.”
“I will continue working with the band for the next few months and giving it all I’ve got until the end of the summer,” the singer continues. “The shows we have booked, and will continue to book throughout the summer, will be in place and give me the opportunity to see you all out there again. At the same time I will be working with the guys to help find for the perfect person to fill my spot. I wish this band all the luck in the world in everything they do. I want to thank each one of them as well as our amazing manager Gaetano for everything we have accomplished together. I love you guys; you are my brothers, and my friends. I will always be a supporter. Above all, I want to thank all of you, the fans. You are the ones that came to every show you could, rocked out hard, and made me feel so loved. You are the reason we do what we do and you have helped mold what I have become. Thank you for the best years of my life thus far. I hope you all will continue to give Down & Dirty your love and support after my departure.”
“Although we are very sad to hear of this decision, it is one that he has respectfully discussed with us and that we support him in 100%,” said the remaining members of Down & Dirty. “Each artist, musician, and dreamer must find their own path; something each of us is always working towards. However, sometimes paths go separate ways, this is understood and accepted, we hope the fans will support his decision as well. We are grateful that Stevie has stated that he will continue to work with us through the summer, as well as help us to find the next addition to our team. This is an area where friends and fans can help as well. As we start the search for another member please let us know if you know someone whom you feel may be the perfect fit, often it has been through friends of the band where the best connections are made. As for now, the shows that are already booked throughout the summer will go on as scheduled. Down & Dirty is dedicated to their fans and will always come through to rock the house! For now let us say again — we support Stevie in his decision and wish him luck in all future endeavors.”
The Illinois based band are now seeking a strong frontman to help take them to the next level. They are searching for a dedicated and serious vocalist who shares in the vision of success that Down & Dirty has established, is between the ages of 18 and 25, has a strong vocal style and capabilities (someone who can perform the three CD’s worth of music already recorded and bring their own style and flare to what lies ahead), and has a positive attitude and style who knows how to handle a crowd as a ‘rock ‘n’ roll master of ceremonies’. The successful candidate must be able to travel, have a form of transportation, and live in the Joliet, Illinois, area or be willing to relocate. Any interested musicians can contact the band at www.facebook.com/downndirtychicago or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org.
Down & Dirty released their debut album ‘Live Fast’ in 2009, followed by ‘Taste Of Rock & Roll’ and last year’s ‘Down To The Wire’. Regarding their latest release Sleaze Roxx said, “While Down & Dirty have stayed true to their hair metal roots they decided to take a few chances on this release that probably was out of their comfort zone just a couple years ago.
White Lion’s Mike Tramp Releases First Single From Upcoming ‘Museum’
A little over a year ago Mike Tramp released the semi-acoustic ‘Cobblestone Street’, an album that showed the frontman in a more singer-songwriter and roots-based angle than his earlier work. Now the former member of million-selling hard rockers White Lion is back with a new solo album entitled ‘Museum’.
On August 16th Mike Tramp will release ‘Museum’ through Target Records, an album that makes a natural progression while still staying true to the songwriting style of ‘Cobblestone street’ — but with a pronounced focus centered around a fuller sound and a greater variety. ‘Museum’ was produced by Soren Andersen and recorded and mixed at Medley Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.
“It’s been two years since I recorded ‘Cobblestone street’, and a year and a bit more since it was released,” says Tramp. “Now it becomes my previous album as we are getting ready for ‘Museum’ soon. So without any further delay, here is the first single “Trust In yourself”. Video directed by my son Dylan Tramp, thanks blue, dad loves you.”
‘Museum’ track listing:
01. Trust In Yourself
02. New World Coming
03. Down South
07. And You Were Gone
10. Time For Me To Go
McQueen Street Singer Derek Welsh In A Coma After Fall
McQueen Street frontman Derek Welsh is in a coma after falling and hitting his head on a tennis court.
“It’s not a good day for any of our friends and fans,” says McQueen Street bassist Richard Hatcher. “He is not doing very good at all. Anyone that knows us, we were all like family at one time. I joined the band in 1989 as Klass and then we changed it to McQueen Street. We toured together for five years. Derek and I then started the Rat Race. I loved every minute of playing music with him. We parted ways in not so good terms, but I still consider him as a true friend. I wish I could have changed things but that is the past. Now he and his family need our prayers. He is in the ICU unit in UT Knoxville, Tennessee.”
McQueen Street released their self-titled debut album in 1992, featuring the single/videos “Money” and “My Religion”, appearances by Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens and singer Jeff Scott Soto, and was produced by Tom Werman (best known for his work with Motley Crue, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Dokken, Twisted Sister, Poison, and L.A. Guns). A second album was recorded but wasn’t made available until 2003, when Welsh reaquired the rights and released it independently as ‘McQueen Street 2’.
Devin Johnson, owner of B&D Custom Guitars in Alabama, posted details of Welsh’s accident. “While playing tennis he fell and hit his head on the ground. He has massive swelling to the brain and is currently in a medically induced coma. This is a very bad situation for him and friends and family. He’s achieved a lot musically in his lifetime… only hoping he will recover so he can rock us as only Derek could do. My heart’s deeply saddened by the news of my friend, he’s been an important advocate in the rise of B&D. He’s supported and promoted it since its conception and has done so for that last 5 years, and he’s rocked the country for many years.”
Gotthard’s ‘Bang!’ Gets North American Release With Bonus Tracks
Swiss-based quintet Gotthard are thrilled to unleash their latest studio album ‘Bang!’ in North America via The End Records. On June 24th the band will release the digital version of ‘Bang!’, with a deluxe version containing three bonus tracks scheduled for release on August 12th.
For over 20 years Gotthard has toured the globe throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia in support of 14 studio and live albums, and has collected multiple gold and platinum awards along the way. Recorded at the group’s own Yellow House Studios in Lugano in the Swiss canton of Tessin, ‘Bang!’ was mixed at the Dutch Wisseloord Studios (Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Tina Turner) by Ronald Prent (The Scorpions, Def Leppard, Within Temptation).
For the members of Gotthard — Nic Maeder (vocals), Leo Leoni (guitar), Marc Lynn (bass), Hena Habegger (drums) and Freddy Scherer (guitar) — the dynamic boogie groove of the title track is also new ground for the band, reflecting their unbridled energy and pure confidence. For Maeder, ‘Bang!’ is not only his second album with Gotthard but also the convincing proof that he belongs in the band, that he has become one of them, and that his voice and his qualities as a songwriter are indispensable.
“Bang!”, the first single off the album, truly represents the Gotthard sound and evolution. Catchy hooks, wailing guitars and Maeder’s lush vocals grab your ear, making “Bang!” a song you will never forget. These songs are set against a background of classic Gotthard rock tunes like “Get Up ‘N’ Move On”, “Jump The Gun” and “My Belief”, which traditionally grace every album by the Swiss combo. All told, ‘Bang!’ presents a compelling mix that is sure to take its rightful place in the proud legend of Gotthard.
“You can’t really compare different albums, but if one record comes closest in sound, it is probably ‘Lipservice’ (2005), except there’s more of a playful feel to ‘Bang!’ and the arrangements spring one or two surprises,” says Habegger.
‘Bang! track listing:
01. Let Me In Katie
03. Get Up ‘N’ Move On
04. Feel What I Feel
05. C’est La Vie
06. Jump The Gun
07. Spread Your Wings
08. I Won’t Look Down
09. My Belief
10. Maybe (Duet Version)
11. Red On A Sleeve
12. What You Get
13. Mr. Ticket Man
14. Thank You
US Bonus Tracks:
15. I Want It All
16. You Can’t Stop Me
17. My Daddy Told Me
Tesla Debut “So Divine” Music Video
Tesla have released a video for their new single “So Divine”, from their recently released studio album ‘Simplicity’, which has sold over 12,000 copies in its frst week.
After a string of shows in the USA in 2013, the band went back into the studio in early 2014 and came out with a new album, which goes straight back to the Tesla roots. The band worked and produced it as they did with ‘Into The Now’, their successful comeback album from 2004. Helped by legendary producer Tom Zutaut, who was the man behind the best Tesla albums, and mixer Michael Wagener, this new album rocks from start to finish, showing a variety of emotions where each song has its own twist — not sounding like another.
‘Simplicity’ is Tesla’s seventh all original studio album which follows a six year creative break from the release of the previous album ‘Forever More’.
Guitarist Frank Hannon said about ‘Simplicity’, “I must say that this new Tesla album is really gonna be awesome. We went in more prepared with the songs and ideas, way more than Forever More, and the style is pure Tesla back to our roots. I truly believe you guys are gonna love it!”
“The opening track is called MP3”, continues Hannon, “and starts off with an opus intro that orchestrates into a heavy slow groove with lyrics about technology and how we miss simplicity, vinyl albums, family values… and has a heavy ass riff! Then we segue into a rock ‘n’ roll song called Ricochet that talks about Uncle Ted… can’t wait to play this stuff live!”
‘Simplicity’, in the Frontiers version released across Europe, will include the following songs: MP3; Ricochet; Rise and Fall; So Divine…; Cross My Heart; Honestly; Flip Side!; Other than Me; Break of Dawn; Burnout to Fade; Life is a River; Sympathy; Time Bomb; ‘Til that Day; Burnout to Fade (writing demo version)
Kix Push Long Awaited Studio Album ‘Rock Your Face Off’ To August
For Kix, not recording any new music for two decades has been far too long. Fans have made it known for years that they want new music, and now the time has finally come. The Maryland band is primed and ready to ‘Rock Your Face Off’ with their seventh studio album set for release August 5th on Loud & Proud Records.
It’s everything fans know and love them for: a raucous, roaring and real display of rock ‘n’ roll. The first single, “Love Me With Your Top Down”, will be released to radio and online retail outlets later this month. Eddie Trunk will exclusively world premiere the song during his “Friday Night Rocks” radio show originating from Q104.3 (heard in New York City, Long Island, NJ and CT) this Friday, June 20th from 11pm-2am ET. It will then air via his numerous North American syndicated affiliates on Saturday, June 20th and he’ll play it on Monday, June 23th during his “Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk” show that airs on SiriusXM’s Hair Nation channel (39) at 3pm PT/6pm ET.
As guitarist Brian “Damage” Forsythe explains, “When we first played ‘Love Me With Your Top Down’ live just a few months ago, it went over like gangbusters with the fans. It’s a catchy little tune with classic Kix flavor, a perfect choice for the first taste of the record.” What makes the new album even more exciting and anticipated is that it features most of the band’s original line-up: Steve Whiteman (vocals), Brian “Damage” Forsythe (guitar), Ronnie “10/10” Younkins (guitar), Jimmy “Chocolate” Chalfant (drums), with the exception of Mark Schenker (bass).
With ‘Rock Your Face Off’, Kix stirs up their truest statement to date in 2014. “It’s still hot women, fast cars, and great moments,” says singer Steve Whiteman. “I want everybody to end up on their feet, whether they’re working out or stuck in rush hour traffic. This is a release, something to lift your spirits when you need it. You can party to this one.”
Kix gracefully eased back into the public consciousness in 2008. After sold out hometown gigs, the quintet hit the stage at Rocklahoma in front of over 20,000 people, venturing out of the Mid-Atlantic for the first time in 13 years. The band was hailed by many music websites and attendees as “Best Performance” at the festival, where they played alongside Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper, Tesla, Queesryche, Ratt, and more. After capturing their fiery reunion on 2012’s ‘Live In Baltimore’ CD and DVD, the band agreed to enter the studio once again.
“In many ways, this is for the Kix diehards as much as it is for us,” guitarist Brian Forsythe explains. “When we started doing this again, tons of fans came out of the woodwork. They’d show up with their kids, and it was just incredible to see. We had to deliver for them.”
In order to deliver, the band enlisted the talents of producer Taylor Rhodes (Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne), with whom they had last collaborated on 1991’s ‘Hot Wire’. Also, for the first time in the group’s history, each member contributed to the writing process, fostering an extremely creative and free environment in the studio. A new dawn commenced as they simultaneously harnessed their classic spirit.
“It was more free-flowing because everybody got to write and come up with ideas,” concludes Whiteman. “We encouraged this new freedom within the creative process.”
‘Rock Your Face Off’ track listing:
01. Wheels In Motion
02. You’re Gone
03. Can’t Stop The Show
04. Rollin’ In Honey
05. Rock Your Face Off
06. All The Right Things
07. Dirty Girls
08. Inside Outside Inn
09. Mean Miss Adventure
10. Love Me With Your Top Down
11. Tail On The Wag
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Located in the beautiful Town of Oakville, Distrikt Trailside 2.0 is designed for an elevated lifestyle imbued with fine dining, world-class shopping, lush surroundings and luxury living. The release of the Distrikt Trailside 2.0 Condos at Dundas St W & Neyagawa Blvd is in direct response to consumer demand and we expect this project to sell quickly.
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The Toronto pre construction market is averaging $1500 per square foot whereas Distrikt Trailside 2.0 will have an average price of $790 per square foot. This is truly a last chance to ever see pre construction this low and demand so incredibly high. Last chance…don’t miss out.
Located on historic Jarvis Street in TORONTO just south of Carlton on the site of Sheard Mansion is, JAC CONDOS is a 34-story building with 489 condo and townhouse suites. JAC offers both a walk and transit score of 100.
Jac is a completely new kind of condominium lifestyle with tons of personality.
Iconic on the outside, incredible on the inside. A vivid lifestyle, offering never before imagined amenities that will redefine authentic downtown living. This prime development is brought to you by the partnership of Phantom and Graywood developments.
Across from Allan Gardens a five acre park and home to a Allan Gardens Conservatory. This building offers both East and West forever views.
Empire Quay House has just launched for VIPs! This stunning waterfront property by Empire Communities is located on Queen’s Quay East in East Bayfront right by Toronto’s growing employment and innovation district (and one of the few remaining developable lands to enjoy such a prime location to the Downtown Core and Lake Ontario!). Literally steps to some of Toronto’s most beloved venues and attractions and minutes away from the waterfront and Sugar Beach, there’s a balance at Quay House that’s hard to find anywhere else in the city. Shopping, dining, recreation, fitness and education opportunities are all at your finger tips.
As Toronto grows so does the employment opportunities and we are at the heart of it all. The Waterfront Innovation Center and Google’s new headquarters is set to call the area home and you should to.
AAA Location and AAA Builder, 199 Church is An Investors DREAM!! Coming To a Prime Location At Church and Dundas In Downtown Toronto, the Demand Is Extremely High and We Are Expecting The Suites to Sell Out Quick.
Walking distance to the world-famous Eaton Centre Shopping Mall, the Garden District is essentially the epicenter of the city. As Ryerson University continues to expand, students have moved into the area, bringing with them energy and excitement. Greenspaces are abound in the area like the spectacular Allan Gardens just nearby – a historic green space with decades of history in the city, complete with off-leash dog park, multiple charming pathways, and a gorgeous canopy of trees.The Last 4 Centrecourt Projects Sold 75% Within 4 Days and This One Will Be No Different!
50% of the suites are priced below $649,990 and 2 bedroom suited in the $800’s.
28 Eastern Condos is planned to be just as stylish and quirky as the neighbourhood it’s set in. An F-shaped building, 28 Eastern Condos will be 12 storeys tall and have playful geometric design to continue the unique design aesthetic of the neighbourhood.
There will be retail space as well, making this a mixed-use development. This helps ensure that street life and activity in the neighbourhood stays vibrant and also that residents have access to amenities, services, restaurants and shops right from their front door.
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A bill was passed requiring all county jails to fingerprint all of the persons who are arrested and brought to their jail.
Which meant that the Warren County Regional Jail along with the other jails in the state would no longer be allowed to let police officers process anyone bought through their doors.
The employees are now solely responsible for gathering information from the potential inmate, fingerprinting and paperwork.
The Warren County Regional Jail began the transition from police processing to jail employees nearly two months ago.
"The Kentucky State Police fingerprint section came down and trained some of our employees and they started doing the fingerprinting. Then they, in turn, have trained other jail employees," Warren County Jailer Jackie Strode said.
Strode also said they have hired two employees and are looking to hire three more to help the current staff fill the new load.
"We're using those deputies who would normally be working outside on road projects or special details, we're utilizing them. We're having to pay some overtime so that all 3 shifts, 7 days a week, can be met."
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The engineering academic group’s network of industry contacts has provided past students with the opportunity to work on live briefs, helping them to develop project management, analytical, problem solving, team working and business management skills. These transferable skills can serve students well in a range of roles and help ensure that they are fully prepared to work effectively in a professional working environment.
Students are encouraged to interact with the industry throughout the curriculum. In previous years, Solent’s engineering students have had the opportunity to work closely with employers such as Rolls-Royce, SAAB, Sea Eye, TUV and Coopervision. The Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Wessex Round Table of Inventors (WRTI) have also held regular local professional development events on campus. | <urn:uuid:41136e34-f149-4dbe-bedb-def53bed815c> | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | https://www.solent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/electronic-engineering-beng?year=2017 | 2018-03-20T14:01:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647475.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20180320130952-20180320150952-00784.warc.gz | en | 0.965765 | 160 |
My wife and I won this hotel on Priceline. You never know what to expect, as some hotels give you a lousy room or service because you dared to submit a low bid. But this place treated us very well, we got a great room and I would stay here again on future D.C. travels.
When we got there, I told Jose at the front desk (who was very helpful the whole time) that I was a very light sleeper and concerned how close the Metro train was - it runs right behind the building. He moved us up to a big room near the top of the hotel, and with the triple-plated glass I never heard the train.
This hotel is in the Carlyle section of Alexandria, largely a corporate office center with little personality and nightlife if that's what you want. There is little to see except the impressive George Washington Masonic National Memorial nearby, and it's well worth going to the top for stunning views of the area.
Old Town Alexandria is a brisk walk or shuttle ride away. Personally I was happy to be away from the Old Town crowds. It's hard to imagine a hotel more convenient to general transportation - as mentioned, the Metro runs right behind it, with two stations nearby, and the Capital Beltway is on the other side. Easy access to D.C. and other areas, no matter how you travel.
Our room was very spacious, comfortable and quiet - really made use of the full kitchen. The hotel has regular social activities, and a big (free) breakfast in the morning.
Hotel parking is a bit of a challenge. When we came in at night the drop-off area was very hard to spot, and we had to go straight to the underground parking for $18 a night. Here's a tip - there are plenty of other parking options unless you have to be on site. On weekends, parking is free on Carlyle streets if you can find it (all the other hotel visitors are doing the same thing). Or, there's a huge parking garage on the other side of the Metro tracks off Mill Road next to the AMC Theater. They charge $5-7 for overnight parking, have a guard on duty and it's largely empty after the movies let out. From there you can walk just a block or two to the hotel. The garage is very visible from the hotel's front door.
The only other negative was housekeeping, which could be improved. But when we needed things we got them quickly.
Highly recommend this place, especially for business travelers or those who want a comfortable place to drop your bags so you can see the sights!
- Also Known As:
- Residence Inn Alexandria Old Town South At Carlyle Hotel Alexandria
- Residence Inn Alexandria Old Town South At Carlyle Hotel
- Residence Inn Alexandria
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Located in the growing Carlyle neighborhood just outside of historic Old Town Alexandria, Residence Inn Alexandria Old Town South at Carlyle provides the perfect accommodations for corporate and leisure travelers visiting the Washington, D.C. area. This 15 floor hotel features 181 studio, one- and two- bedroom suites including complimentary Internet access and fully-equipped kitchens. Additional on-property amenities include 1,025 sq. ft. of meeting space, state-of-the-art fitness center, 24-hour market, and business center with print, copy, scan, and fax services. Along with well-appointed accommodations, guests enjoy complimentary daily hot breakfast and evening social hours (Monday-Thursday). Ideal for extended stays, guest laundry facilities and pet-friendly rooms are available. This Alexandria, VA hotel is conveniently located near two Metro stations, offering easy access to key area businesses and leading downtown Washington, DC destinations. The hotel provides complimentary shuttle service to the Metro and Old Town Alexandria. ... more less
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The Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) is a state-funded free preschool program for qualifying 4 year old children. Children can qualify for the program if the family income is within the guidelines and if they are 4 years old by December 1st. GSRP children attend class Monday through Thursday, meals and snacks are provided by the program. The classroom ratio is 8 to 1 and there are two teachers in each classroom who have degrees within the field of early childhood. We have a strong partnership with our families and use this to create the best possible preschool experience for children.
All children develop at their own pace but below you will find a list of developmental milestones that we see in the GSRP classroom.
Language and Cognitive Milestone
4 and 5 year old children are better able to carry on conversations. Their vocabulary is growing and so is their thought process. You will find that your child is better able to think logically and be more successful at controlling their emotions.
Most children enjoy singing, rhyming and making up words. They are very energetic and silly.
4 and 5 year old children learn their large motor skills through play and they should be running, hopping, throwing kicking balls and climbing with ease.
They are also practicing their fine motor skills such as cutting, using eating utensils, drawing a person, building with blocks and copying shapes
Emotional and Social Milestones
4 and 5 year old children are figuring out that it is not always about him or her and becoming less self-centered. They are starting to understand about other people’s feelings and should be more capable of working through conflicts as well as expressing their emotions with words.
The GSRP program uses the HighScope Curriculum. The HighScope curriculum is a developmentally appropriate approach that is child centered and promotes active learning. The use of learning centers, active learning and the plan-do-review cycle, as well as allowing children to progress at their own pace, provides for children’s individual and special needs. If you would like some more details about our curriculum, please click the button below.
3 Extra Outfits
3 Pairs Of Socks
Snowsuit or Snowpants
Hats & Gloves
8:30-8:50 Sign In/Greeting
8:50-9:10 Small Group
9:10-9:25 Large Group
9:25-9:45 Wash Hands/Snack
9:55-10:55 Work Time
10:55-11:05 Clean Up
11:15-12:00 Outside Time
12:00-12:30 Wash Hands/Lunch
12:30-12:50 Brush Teeth/Bathroom
12:50-1:50 Rest Time
3:00-3:20 Wash Hands/Snack
3:20-3:30 Large Group
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“The staff in the infant room at Heartfelt Impressions is one of a kind. They make my daughter feel like she’s right at home. They read to her, interact with her through music and play, and love her as if she was their own. When I leave her in the morning, I know she is in the best of hands and that she is going to have an amazing day.”
“We couldn’t be happier about the choice we made to send our infant and 4-year-old daughters to Heartfelt Impressions!”
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BY BAILEY BUJNOSEK JAN 17, 2022
A brand can’t make it to the 112-year milestone without reflecting on its history. The Fall/Winter 2022 menswear collection from Zegna does just that, taking inspiration from the road in scenic Piedmont, Northern Italy that founder Ermenegildo Zegna financed. The brand adopted a stripe emblematic of the Zegna road as part of a label-wide makeover last year. Referred to internally as “our road,” its influence goes beyond mere graphics. “Our road” represents the historic trailblazing done by Zegna in the realm of menswear. It represents the path they see the brand, the industry, and our society taking as we move forward in time—one that may be uncertain and ever-evolving, but promises to bring progress.
Speaking of the new collection, titled “A Path Worth Taking,” Artistic Director Alessandro Sartori explained how it speaks to our present moment and the future that lays ahead. “I keep looking at the world through the Zegna lens. The reality we live in today requires adaptability; it asks us all to be fluid. Translating this idea into clothing means building a language of shapes and textures that grows and consolidates over time, matching the needs of the moment. The notion of the hybrid is one I keep exploring, because there’s progress in erasing staid categories,” Sartori said.
It’s true that the collection blurs boundaries—particularly those between indoor and outdoor clothing, between cohesion and singularity, and between casualness and formality. The collection’s seductively simple coats and jackets show how tailoring can break up the monotony usually seen in mens’ outerwear. Adding to the appeal: the materials behind the garments include #UseTheExisting gabardine, scuba wool, technical silk, and wool denim. A mix of earthy reds and oranges evokes a sense of warmth, while the use of cool slate grays and crisp whites furthers the elemental feel. Small but impactful touches like a cinched belt, an asymmetrical top, or a cream-colored lining bring utilitarian jackets and tabarro coats to life with energy. That, perhaps, is the brilliance of Sartori: his collections make you wonder why you haven’t seen things done this way before, because his work makes sense on an intuitive level.
Alongside the diverse array of well-tailored coats and jackets are a few striking jumpers. Oasi cashmere gives them a thick, luxurious appearance. While most stick to the neutral hues realistic and attractive for everyday life, a few are jazzed up by stitching together materials of different types and colors. The collection’s 58 looks are completed by well-chosen accessories, including ski goggles and scuba boots, that transport viewers into a dreamy winter scene.
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Kildare’s Olympic hopes took a dent this week when spint rower Neil Fleming missed out on qualfication last Thursday, May 17.
The Celbridge man came fifth in the semi-final of the European Qualifiers in Poznan, Poland writes Conor McHugh.
At the very least he needed to get into the finals to be in with a chance of qualifying.
Mr. Fleming admitted he was “gutted” with the result, but was more disappointed with his own performance than anything else.
“I didn’t pace myself. I went out too hard and was actually leading by the first quarter, and at the half way point I was down a few places but still in the qualification.”
This is the second time Neil has missed out on Olympic qualification. While he’s disappointed, he says the four intervening years have given him some perspective.
“The Olympics is the pinnacle of the sport, but I didn’t get into it to do the Olympics. I did it because I love it, and I’ll continue with it on that basis.”
Meanwhile as we were going to press, Caroline Ryan, who recently won a bronze medal in the World Track Cycling Championships was racing in Quebec, Canada. She and fellow Irishwomen Olivia Dillon and Siobhan Horgan are attempting, between them, to score enough points in the race to guarantee a place for Ireland in the Olympics.
Only then will a decision be made as to which of them will be going to the Olympics.
If they fail to get the points, there’s still a possibility that Ireland could get a ‘wildcard’ entry to the games.
Speaking to the Leinster Leader, Caroline’s father, Johnstownbridge man Willie Ryan explained that she has been battling the effects of a chest infection for the past few weeks and isn’t at her best.
Otherwise he feels she could have decided qualification at an similar event in Belfast last weekend where she placed 20th.
However, there’s at least one bit of good news. She has secured a place on the British team ‘Matrix Fitness-Prendas’ and will, this coming Friday, May 25 will be in the Netherlands to race the Valkenburg Hills Classic with them.
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Boys Basketball: Maine South vs. New Trier
Game Date/Time: Friday, Feb. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Broadcast Dates/Times: Saturday, Feb. 16, Noon and 4 p.m.; Monday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m. on CN100.
Where: New Trier High School, 385 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka.
Records (as of 2/12/13): Maine South (24-3 overall, 8-1 Central Suburban South); New Trier (23-4 overall, 8-1 Central Suburban South).
Key players: Maine South: Frank Dounis, Sr. G; Danny Quinn, Sr. F; John Solari, Sr. F. New Trier: Reid Berman, Sr. G; Steven Cook, Sr. F.
Fast Facts: It's a battle for the CSL South title between two teams that staged a 47-45 overtime game, won by Maine South, in their first meeting. Maine South is one of the suburbs' hottest teams, winning its last 13 games overall. The Hawks' nine-game winning streak to open the season was the program's best start in 30 years. The streak included winning the Galesburg tournament and reaching the Elite Eight at the prestigious Proviso West tournament. Solari is a four-year letter winner for the Hawks and leads the team with 13.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Dounis, a three-year letter winner, is the team's assist leader (3.3) and averages 10.3 points per game. The Trevians are also a hot squad, winning 10 straight including their last three against solid competition (Waukegan and Evanston on the road and St. Viator at home). Cook is the team's leading scorer and rebounder and is off to Princeton next year. Berman has over 400 career assists and is headed to Amherst in the fall. Maine South is the No. 1 seed at the Class 4A Glenbrook North Sectional, while New Trier earned the No. 3 seed.
Quotable: "Maine South is the number one seed in our sectional and is playing very well," New Trier coach Scott Fricke said. "They beat us in overtime in early January at their place. That was the last time we lost."
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Robert Phillips has edited and written over thirty books, including volumes of poetry, story and essay collections, three of which were named a "Memorable Book of the Year" by the New York Times. His most recent book of poems, Breakdown Lane, was runner-up for The Poets' Prize. He has received an Award in Literature and Creative Writing from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, a CAPS Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, a National Public Radio Fiction Prize, a Pushcart Prize, the Enron Teaching Excellence Award, fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Djerassi Foundation, among others. In 1998 he was named a John and Rebecca Moore Scholar at the University of Houston. | <urn:uuid:60ff6ad0-c51c-4eec-a44e-768bf51a4228> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Robert-Phillips/sort_poems_by_comments | 2017-08-21T04:40:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886107490.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170821041654-20170821061654-00371.warc.gz | en | 0.974156 | 162 |
Paul McCartney to Stay Under Starbuck Records' Wing
A case of label dumping for a new one has occurred among Paul McCartney, Starbucks Record and Capitol Records. McCartney who has stayed under Capitol Records' wing for 43 years left the recording house for brand new Starbucks Record.
As a former member of The Beatles, McCartney has recorded songs with his band for Capitol since 1964. Though he stopped recording for the label momentarily in early '80s, he eventually returned to Capitol. It is reported that the Capitol party is overwhelmed by this incident yet is quite prepared. "They knew it was coming. They did nothing for the Chaos album, and they were reminded that McCartney's entire contract was ending," a source told.
Officially, McCartney is the first artist to sign the deal with Starbucks and therefore his record will also be Starbuck's first release. A source said that this new label is in a good track, "They have a very targeted, efficient distribution channel that allows them to be profitable in a limited way with music."
According to the latest report, Starbucks only distributed music through its coffee shops chain, but there is a plan that Starbucks Records will expand distribution of its releases to other retail outlets.
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The conventional method of capturing the shape of the trucks is templating, a process that lacks the efficiency and accuracy of 3D scanning. The client needed a solution that could accurately capture their as-built trucks.
The client contracted with our company to scan and compare the shape of several models of Mercedes and Volvo trucks. Our team used the Konica Minolta VIVID 9i in conjunction with photogrammetry to generate scan data of the truck cabs. Our team reverse engineered this scan data to create CAD data of the entire cab, which included the critical locations of the door sills, frames, and bolt-holes. These locations were necessary to ensure the precise fitting of the armor kits to the trucks.
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Answer These Random Questions And We'll Guess If You're From The South!
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Being from the south is unlike being from other regions in the country. Full of charm and tradition, southerners have a different experience growing up than those born anywhere else. By the time you tell us whether or not you've done 27 out of these 30 things, we will know if you are truly from the south, a transplant, or something else.
Whether you have attended a hog roast or only heard about them will go a long way in telling us if you can consider yourself a true southerner. While we will not base the entire quiz on food, it is impossible to think about the south without mentioning some of the world's best food. In addition to your cravings, we'll take a look at some southern activities you may or may not have participated in during your life on this planet.
As we drive down the dirt road of this quiz, take a moment to remember whether you not you have tried any of the things we ask you about. Remember that you only need to have done or tried 27 out of the 30 things we ask you about. Are you as southern as biscuits and gravy? Let's find out!
Have you ever been frog gigging?
Have you ever been to a pig roast?
Have you ever eaten grits?
Have you ever gone to Sunday school?
Have you ever made a peach cobbler?
Have you ever put coleslaw on a sandwich?
Have you ever been to Myrtle Beach?
Have you ever shouted "Roll Tide?"
Have you ever tried apple butter?
Have you tried fried green tomatoes?
Have you ever been to a wake?
Have you ever hugged a stranger?
Have you said grace before a meal?
Have you sang a country song at karaoke?
Have you ever driven a tractor?
Have you been shopping at a Piggly Wiggly?
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Have you ridden in the back of a pickup truck?
Have you visited the Gulf of Mexico?
Have you ever smoked a turkey?
Have you ever been deer hunting?
Have you grown a tomato?
Have you watched "Designing Women?"
Have you tried sweet tea?
Have you had a late night meal at Waffle House?
Have you tried deviled eggs?
Have you been part of a wedding party?
Have you fished for your own dinner?
Have you ever eaten Gumbo?
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Date posted: July 15, 2020
Employer: Canon Medical
Position: Field Service Representative
Terms of Employment: Permanent / Full Time
Location: Various client sites across Canada. Primarily focused on locations within Saskatchewan including, but not limited to, the following:
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week
Benefits: Eligible for discretionary increases in salary and on-call premiums. Eligible for company benefits package including health and dental. Eligible for employee-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance benefits.
Salary: $80,000.00 - $85,000.00/ year
About Canon Medical Systems Canada Limited
Canon Medical Systems Canada Limited (CMSCA), a Canon Group company headquartered in Markham, Ontario, provides patient-focused imaging technologies with specialties in CT, X-Ray, Angiography, Ultrasound and MRI. Advanced service solutions range from single-room coverage to complete asset management programs.
All sales, services and operations are Canadian-based, with a strong presence of technical service employees in more than 25 cities across the country. Reporting directly to Canon Medical Systems Corporation, provides close ties to our research, engineering and product specialists, enabling the Canadian team to influence product decisions and delivery for the needs of our customers.
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The End is Nigh...
February 25, 2010 - Dante's Inferno is a third-person action adventure title produced by the videogame industry's top grossing company, Electronic Arts. It is their 1st successful entry into the genre, accompanied by full fledged marketing campaigns, Super Bowl ads, pre-order extras, free downloadable content and so forth. The demo of the game is quite gripping, and it captures the actual start of the game as well. After beating the demo several times I decided I would put forth the effort to purchase this brand new game when it came out. I'm not the type of gamer who buys new games when they are released, in fact, last release date purchase I made was for the PS2's God of War II, back in March 2007. So I had reasonable expectations for this game being good based on the publisher, the low-key hype and obviously the demo itself. This game is clearly Electronic Arts 'answer' to the top third-person action adventure games of recent memory; God of War, Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden, Assassin's Creed & Prince of Persia.
Loosely based on the Divine Comedy, the story of the game is simple, you journey into hell to rescue the love of your life who was taken there as a token for the sins you committed. Her innocence and your guilt about it drives the main character, Dante, to hurl himself through all 9 levels of hell to battle Lucifer and free his betrothed, Beatrice, from his malicious grip. The game starts at some point after the crusades, you are in an island battling heretics and suffer a mortal wound that summons Death to come and claim your soul. You somehow survive the attack and engage in a battle with the Grim Reaper himself to save yourself. After his defeat you claim his Death Scythe as your main weapon. Upon returning home, Dante discovers his father dead and his wife murdered. Lucifer then appears and takes her soul away and the story begins.
PRESENTATION: High quality all through out. Rich production value is an appropriate phrase when describing this game because it is not cheap at all. The variety of presentations used in telling the story, live action, feature film style CGI, animated cutscenes, in-game graphics mixes it up frequently and the narration is excellent. Although some sections are gory and even grotesque, nudity a plenty and blood galores, they turn rather comical after seeing them over again and I am actually surprised they were able to get away with that here in the States whereas nudity and such is more of a staple for Japanese-based games.
GRAPHICS: Stellar looking game. Crisp atmospheres in dark environments work well for this title and their vision of hell is peculiar to say the least. The framerate is fantastic with no visible slowdowns even when battling hordes of enemies at a time. The cinematic feel of the game gears you up for battling the minions of hell and their representations in the different circles makes some of the enemies unique.
SOUND: Excellent. The sound effects are crisp, the voice acting is very good, and the environmental sounds are clean and none seem to cancel each other out. The music itself does not vary much through the whole game, or at least does not feel that way, so in some instances it will inspire you to keep forward and others let you know that it is time to relax.
GAMEPLAY: Very Good. Upon playing the demo I was rather concerned about playing a game that had both an evade maneuver one the right analog and a block button on the left side, but that turned out to be a minor nuisance after a couple of minutes through the actual game. Dante's main weapons are Death's Scythe for melee attacks and a Cross for long range attacks. Each represents the Holy & Unholy parameters the game focuses on with you deciding the outcome whether you want to 'Punish' or 'Absolve' the enemies you kill. Through the game you discover Relics that enhance your Holy or Unholy powers as well as magic items to add to your arsenal. The right combination of these as well as the correct use of souls you gather after dismantling foes to upgrade his abilities expands the gameplay further. Button reaction time is quick enough, although not Ninja Gaiden fast, but very good nonetheless.
LEVEL DESIGN: From the start of the game the level design is very good. Each level of hell represented a sin of some sort, Lust, Greed, etc, and was accompanied by a theme, vertical level, lots of platforming, etc. The secrets are well placed and the camera is only an issue in the Fraud circle of hell, which is the next to last level. In some instances you feel like the level is sub divided into sections, whereas you fight enemies in some areas and just explore in others. Wandering around is limited and the game makes sure you don't stray too far before coming across minions that want to end your journey early.
Considering the variety and execution of the level design for most of the game, it is a shame to state that the last two levels, Fraud & Treachery, is what causes a major setback for the game. The flow of the game is interrupted completely when you descend into Fraud, the level is completely monochromatic in feel, structure and environment. This level is the exact equivalent of Boss Rush Mode in any Castlevania game that allows it. You basically pummel through hordes of minions in different ways to get past 10, yes ten, identical versions of the same battle arena. I emphasize the #10 not only because the 10th version is the longest and most difficult part of the entire game but also because the number does not quantify with the circles of hell at all (9) and makes me wonder that here is where the wheels came off and the train fell off the tracks creatively...which gets you to the 'level' of Treachery. The final circle of hell, the last level of the game, is not a level at all. There's a couple of jumps, a platform, a decaying bridge of ice and then you fall into the pit to meet Lucifer.
That's it. I can only attribute this cataclysmic fall of the last two levels on a deadline crunch, Super Bowl Sunday, the urge to put it up against/before the release of God of War III and not close to the future release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow later this year. I guess as a new franchise they had to see certain goals met, but the product suffers greatly in the 'finishing touch' category.
BEASTIARY: Average. The different kinds of enemies to kill are not extensive, and does not offer much variety when venturing further down the abyss of hell. Some demons are uniquely themed per the circle of hell they originated from, yet you see them again over and over in other areas where you'd expect other types of minions to come and try to kill you. Right after beating the game I cannot remember more than 9 enemies in the entire game and that is not a good number. The Bosses though, fare better. It has become a trend recently to have larger than life bosses at the end of levels, and this game delivers a couple interesting ones. It mixes them up well in the sense that some are gigantic in size, others are more puzzled based to defeat, and there's even one that the environment is more of a threat to your death than the boss is. The setback of the bestiary is the same as the level design, Fraud & Treachery. After getting past the hardest part of the game, there is no Boss to block your path from getting into the last circle of hell, guarding the door to Lucifer's realm. The end Boss, the fallen angel from heaven, has basically 2 incarnations. In his 1st form he is a gargantuan demon hoping to smash you apart with his fists. After beating that version he gives birth to himself in a smaller version to which you fight some more in the same Arco arena as his super sized version. Once you beat him the story unfolds and the credits roll. The end. There is nothing epic about the last boss at all. First time seeing that the LAST boss in a game is actually a lot SMALLER than the FIRST one. In the Divine Comedy, Lucifer is encrusted halfway in a pool of ice, holding Brutus, Cassius and Judas in each of his three mouths. Judas, the biggest traitor of the three, suffers the worst fate. Coming in I expected EA to try and make a franchise of this game ( 1-3 games ) so I doubted you fought Lucifer at the end but the more logical choice of the ultimate betrayer of Christ ( Judas ). This is where I think that following the poem's queue down to the T would have been ideal.
DIFFICULTY: Easy. For players who have played ( and beaten ) any one of these games - Ninja Gaiden Black, Devil May Cry 3, God of War II - this game will be a breeze to play through. I suggest putting on the 'Hellish' difficulty setting on before you start so you can feel a real challenge and a sense of accomplishment. LASTING APPEAL: With plenty to explore and the urges to attain all items and upgrades I can say the game validates one more play through. Although it does not reward you for beating it on harder difficulty levels, there is a Gates of Hell extra where you go through waves of enemies once you beat the game, some downloadable content on the way that contains a level creator that you can share online ala Little Big Planet, a prequel level to the game and so forth. It's possible to attain all the Trophies without too much effort as well so these should be fun enough to warrant a buy from wary players. It was a good play through, future extras make me give it a couple points higher, and the product is a good iteration of a formula used before with some finishing setbacks. I rate it an 8.0/10 | <urn:uuid:a50fa0f7-cd42-475e-b4c8-2acfa5041003> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/the-end-is-nigh | 2017-11-21T08:26:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806327.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121074123-20171121094123-00711.warc.gz | en | 0.963052 | 2,055 |
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Home and garden interests, along with enthusiasm for the natural biological control work wasps provide on a global basis explains much of the wasp's popularity.
One hundred thousand plus species of ants, bees, sawflies and wasps constitute the order Hymenoptera, the second largest order of insects next to beetles.
Hymenoptera taxonomy constantly changes to reflect scientific consensus regarding the proper way to categorize such a large group of insects.
Any discussion about types of wasps might naturally begin by defining them as all Hymenoptera that are not ants, bees or sawflies.
Bees and wasps share the physical characteristic of constricted waists. However, generally speaking, bees are hairy and wasps generally have few hairs on their body.
While that approach seems commonsense, a formal approach to identifying wasps involves a bit more consideration.
For example, entomologists also differentiate between wasps that are related to bees and those wasps that evolved separately from bees. Formal groupings for the bee related wasps remains a topic of discussion. However, today, many entomologists recognize two different wasp families, Sphecidae and Crabronidae, as being related to bees.
Sometimes the phrase sphecid wasps versus vespid wasps acts to differentiate between the wasps related to bees and the wasps in the superfamily Vespoidea, which are related to ants.
Within the superfamily Vespoidae, perhaps the Vespid wasps (family Vespidae) pose the greatest concern to humans because of their habit of building nests in residential areas. Of specific concern is the fact that Vespid species tend to sting (multiple times) as a defensive mechanism, when their nests are threatened.
The slide show presents examples of common vespids found around residential areas. The video at the top of the page shows a pollen wasp (Masarinae), so named because of their practice of feeding their young pollen, rather than insects or spiders, the traditional young wasp diet.
From afar, they resemble a variety of different wasp species, including the yellowjacket. A closer look reveals a pair of club antenna, uncommon among wasps, along with a distinct abdominal stripe pattern.
Most homeowner tend to associate members of the subfamily Polistinae, paper wasps, with vespid wasps. Three genera represent the subfamily, but for all intent and purposes, paper wasps and the Polistes genus usually represent the group.
Their appetite for caterpillars and other garden pests often translates into their being welcome guests in many back yards, with some limits. Paper wasps, stinging insects that defend their nests, explains homeowner concerns about their presence around the doorways. At the same time, their appetite for caterpillars and other garden pests often translates into their being welcome guests in many back yards.
The standard Polistes story posits them as semi-eusocial insects, whose nests are built on a annual basis and tended by a queen and workers.
Approximately twenty native poliste species, most regionally based, inhabit residential areas, fields and forest across North America. A quick yard check during the warmer moths of the year provides a good opportunity for identifying local poliste species.
Most people recognize yellow jackets (Paravespula) as the uninvited guests at many picnics.
They are all social wasps that build, and vigorously defend, ground nests. As the colony grows over the course of a summer, the need for food expands. The presence of a sweet tooth partially explains their scavenging ways at picnics and barbecues.
Many homeowners opt to remove them when they nest around the home because their sting is painful.
Over one dozen different Vespula species live in the United States. Most of them share the bright yellow body of the species in the picture.
Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae), the most diverse of the five vespid subfamilies (family Vespidae), receive their name based on their pot shaped mud nests. The approximately twenty in North America species get described as solitary, predator wasps and beneficial insects because of their use of caterpillars and other insect larvae as their principle larvae hosts.
Potter wasp appearance varies slightly from genera to genera. Pachodynerus erynnis in the picture is a small, colorful potter wasp species with a range limited mostly to the South East and Gulf Coast states. They have a habit of nest building in wood structures such as benches, fences and sides of houses.
Baldfaced hornets, named for their white face, are large paper nest making insects. Despite the name, they are more closely related to yellow jackets than to hornets.
Most people become familiar with them when they build a large oval paper nest on a tree in their yard. They are social insects, with the annually constructed nests consisting of a queen, workers and drones.
While they are not characterized as aggressive bees, they do sting when defending their nest. Nests located in close proximity to high traffic locations around the house and yard often need to be removed.
In the other wasp category, superfamily Pompiloidea, sixteen Mutillidae genera, better known as Velvet Ants, live on North American soil, especially sandy soils. Population levels peak during the summer season and female nest building. Dasymutilla, the largest genus, with some fifty species, can be tough to identify. The top picture might show dasymutilla lepeletierii.
The red body signals danger, and the sting of many species is described as one of the most painful stings in the wasp family.
Speaking of stings, the Cow Killer perhaps the most recognized velvet ant, often makes the wasp legend list.
Sometimes the name Cow Killer is used loosely to apply to any one of the fifty or so native Dasymutilla species. Used in a stricter sense, the Cow Killer refers to a single species, Dasymutilla occidentalis, and the name come from the story that the sting of the wingless female is so severe that it could kill a cow.
Spider wasps (family Pompilidae), predate on spiders, using their bodies as larval hosts. North American species numbers approach the 150 mark, divided into a dozen and one half genera.
Agriculture specialists have always invested time trying to understand and leverage their utility as natural biological control agents.
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Gulf of Thailand - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) has joined USS Pinckney (DDG 91) in the search efforts of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, March 10.
Kidd brings the same Arleigh-Burke Class capabilities as Pinckney with its two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters which are designed for search and rescue, as well as anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, surveillance, communications relay, naval gunfire support and logistics support.
The helicopters can fly a maximum of 180 knots with a ceiling of 13,000 ft., have a maximum range of 245 nautical miles and the capability to conduct searches at night using its Forward Looking Infra-red (FLIR) camera. Kidd, like Pinckney, was conducting training and maritime security operations in international waters in the South China Sea before being sent to assist in the search efforts.
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The US Navy still has one maritime patrol aircraft, a P-3C Orion from the Grey Knights of Patrol Squadron 46 (VP-46), on station flying from Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
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Memphis is a recognized transportation and distribution hub and has served as a primary connecting point for people and businesses around the globe. The ‘Main to Main’ project was conceived to take this recognition a step further. A partnership between Memphis/Shelby County, TN and West Memphis/Crittenden County, AR and in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, ‘Main to Main’ established a 10-mile regional corridor to increase and improve alternative transportation options.
Allen & Hoshall was selected to be the Technical Project Manager for this $40 million project. The firm was responsible for coordinating more than a dozen other A/E firms and contractors to complete various segments of the project. Allen & Hoshall also established design standards and ensured all project requirements were met. Tasked with significant financial oversight and administrative responsibilities, Allen & Hoshall reviewed bids, facilitated proposal meetings, and made recommendations to the contracting authority. The Company was commended for its efficiency and insightful direction, as its team expedited the process and offered invaluable advice.
The Main to Main project was divided into six segments: Uptown, Main Street Mall, South Main Street, East Approach, Harahan Bridge, and the Arkansas Trail. The historic Harahan Bridge was the centerpiece and most visually dramatic element of the corridor. Originally constructed between 1914 and 1916, the Harahan Bridge remains an active double‐track mainline railroad. The project utilized this mile-long Mississippi River crossing, which created the longest public pedestrian bridge across the Mississippi River, to tie into the nearby Bluffwalk and right of ways in Arkansas.
The improvements made to Memphis’ Main Street increased its civic importance as the central spine of Downtown Memphis. This three-mile reinvestment project along the Downtown’s trolley corridor involved streetscape, utility, sidewalk, roadway, and drainage improvements. The Main Street corridor connects the Uptown and South Main neighborhoods and encompasses an 8‐block pedestrian‐transit mall, the Main Street trolley line, and a multi‐modal transit facility at each end.
The project strengthens and connects the main streets of each downtown using the historic Harahan Bridge as a restored centerpiece. The Harahan Bridge was opened to rail and vehicular traffic in 1916 as one of the earliest spans crossing the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee. The project reclaimed the existing roadway structure by rebuilding and re-purposing the bridge’s former roadway into a bicycle and pedestrian connection to the Main Streets in both Memphis and West Memphis.
The long-term outcomes engendered by this project include:
The Main to Main project will eventually link the existing Shelby Farms Greenline and the multi-state trails along Mississippi River levees, providing a new recreational/transportation corridor. Ultimately, this project will improve the region’s livability and sustainability components, increasing the region’s economic development potential by attracting new businesses and significantly improving the region’s State of Good Repair.
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A 3D Model was created to increase public awareness and facilitate a better understanding of the design and how it would improve the current conditions. Unlike typical modeling, this model took into account actual ground models, surveying data, existing utility plans, construction documents, landscaping plans and created an interactive environment communicating the impact of the project in the context of the surrounding area. The 3D model offered technical and nontechnical stakeholders a much better understanding of the development plans by displaying them in the setting of the surrounding environment. Due to the large number of designers, the model also provided a visual tool to quickly and easily ensure that each phase of the project was properly designed and aligned to minimize conflict in the construction phase.
From a government regulatory perspective, the Project Management/Design/ Engineering Team was faced with duplicity: two states, two counties, and two cities. In addition, two state departments of transportation held jurisdiction over the project. The Federal Highway Administration, US Coast Guard, Army Corp of Engineers, and Tennessee State Historic Preservation Office were also involved. From a private perspective, the team had to coordinate with and secure the approval of the Union Pacific Railroad, which owns the bridge structure itself but not the cantilevered roadbed where the pedestrian bridge is located.
The Main to Main project provides a great example of partnership on local, regional, and national levels. From the City of Memphis’ relationships with federal agencies such as HUD and the Strong Cities Initiative of the White House, to regional partners such as the Mississippi River Conservancy, to local partners such as the Memphis and West Memphis Metropolitan Planning Offices, the partners were all committed to making this project successful. The partners included City of Memphis, TN; City of West Memphis, AR; State of Arkansas; West Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization; Tennessee Department of Transportation; Crittenden County, AR; Shelby County, TN; State of Tennessee; Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization; Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department; Downtown Memphis Commission; Mississippi River Trail Association; and Mississippi River Conservancy. With so many key players, there were great opportunities as well as numerous challenges in developing this multi-year project to ensure that all stakeholders were engaged and satisfied with the project goals and the solutions provided to meet these goals.
Under Allen & Hoshall’s leadership, the Main to Main Harahan Bridge project was completed two weeks ahead of schedule and 4% under budget, culminating in a celebration and ribbon-cutting on Oct. 22, 2016.
On opening weekend, more than 12,000 people crossed the new, improved bridge, which now provides easy access for pedestrians and cyclists between Memphis and West Memphis. In the first six weeks of operation, the facility was visited by 65,000 patrons.
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The mansion’s front lawn at Old Westbury Gardens filled with music enthusiasts and a certain photographer on a mercifully humidity- and mosquito-free summer evening last Wednesday.
Baby Soda, a Brooklyn-based band that bills its genre as “street jazz swing,” mostly performed New Orleans-style and “Stardust”-type tunes at the garden’s Picnic Pops summer concerts. The ensemble consists of drums, vocals, banjo/guitar, and one-string box bass, as well as a trio that played various brass and wind instruments, including trumpet, trombone, saxophone, tuba and clarinet.
Thankfully, I was allowed to move freely with my camera around the bandstand. And so I got close to the musicians and produced some zoomed-in, tight images, of the guitarist plucking his strings, the drummer striking his snare, the singer gleefully channelling Billie Holiday, all as a setting sun gave way to soft red and blue stage lighting.
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Have you made the decision to finally begin your own business? You can take control and do work that you enjoy. However, it’s still a business. You must run it properly.
If it is required that you use your vehicle to perform work-related responsibilities, track the amount of miles you travel and save your receipts from the gas. These travel expenses, even if they are only for a day trip, are considered to be 100% deductible. You will need to demonstrate that these expenses are truly business-related.
You should set up a backup plan just in case something goes wrong with your online business. Have plans for things like issues with your web host and missing product shipments. When you are prepared for things going wrong you won’t be caught short if you suddenly lose your income.
Consider starting a membership with an online forum to get great ideas and advice for your home business. A quick search through the internet will give you great sites that you can go to and you will be able to find great information from them. Online blogs may be an additional resource that you could find useful.
It is important that you dress for success, regardless of the physical location of where you work. There is a great temptation to not dress professionally when working from home. You should dress up no matter where you work. Dressing for success will put you in a mindset to be productive.
Be sure to keep your website up to date on which products are available and which, if any, are out of stock. Let your customers know the status of their order. If you are out of stock, let them know. If an item has been back-ordered and is not going to be in stock for weeks or months, state this clearly on your product page, and give your buyers the opportunity to purchase an alternate item that is similar in quality and price.
A P.O. box is a simple way to easily separate your business and personal mail. Do not give out your family’s home address online, even for your business. This will not only protect your identity online, but it will also protect your family’s identity as well.
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Perth will likely host the hottest Christmas Day in the world today, with the temperature forecast to soar to 39 degrees.
No other major city is expected to come close to the scorching conditions, which would be nine degrees above the capital's long-term Christmas Day average despite recording 40 degrees in 2010.
"It's caused by hot and dry north-easterly winds, which are circling around a large high, and they're pulling in heat from the interior, dragging it into Perth, leading to very hot and dry conditions," Weatherzone meteorologist Melissa MacKellar said.
Other hot capitals today include Bangkok (34 degrees), Port Moresby (33 degrees), Jakarta (33 degrees), Hoh Chi Minh City (33 degrees), Montevideo (33 degrees), Lagos (33 degrees), Kingston (32 degrees) and Colombo (31 degrees), according to global weather website www.wunderground.com.
But while Perth basks under the radiant sun with platters of fresh seafood, people in other parts of the world will be celebrating around log fires amid temperatures below zero.
The capital of Mongolia – Ulan Bator – wins the candy cane for the coldest capital on Christmas Day with a staggering -24 degrees forecast as the maximum, while it could fall a further six degrees that night.
The world's highest capital – La Paz, Bolivia, which is 3650 metres above sea level – is expected to be a reasonable 10 degrees.
But the most northerly capital - Nuuk in Greenland – is forecast to be -9 degrees during the day, falling even further to -12 degrees at night.
Other capitals forecast to be freezing include Astana, Kazakhstan (-17 to -37 degrees), Seoul (-10 to -15 degrees), Moscow, (-9 to -5 degrees), Beijing (-8 to -18 degrees), Helsinki (-7 to -16 degrees), Ottawa (-7 to -18 degrees) and Stockholm (zero to -8 degrees).
Back in Perth, many are planning to celebrate in Australian style with seafood retailers reporting yesterday was their busiest day of the year.
Stores including Kailis Bros Fish Market in Leederville and Big Fish Direct in Bicton were still selling flat out late yesterday afternoon.
Big Fish Direct manager Sam Paino said prawns and crayfish were particularly popular.
"[Seafood] is a good variety to meat," he said.
Swimming also is likely to be popular today and Surf Life Saving WA is expecting a busy day on the city's beaches.
"Boxing Day is [usually] the busiest day but I think with the hot weather more people will head down to the beach [on Christmas Day] than previous years," SLSWA spokesman Maclain Bruce said.
Dozens of surf life savers will give up part of their Christmas celebrations to keep the city's beaches safe.
Mr Bruce said the Westpac Life Saver Rescue helicopter would operate from Yanchep to Mandurah to monitor for rips and sharks and the emergency rescue jet ski would be on standby.
However, conditions were expected to be relatively safe.
"The forecast is pretty good [with] small swells," he said.
"The main concern is sunscreen and dehydration. Everyone should be fairly safe at the beach in terms of swell size."
Meanwhile, those cooling down in backyard pools – both in ground and inflatable – are being urged to monitor their water use during the traditional peak season.
Water Minister Bill Marmion said West Australians had saved 7.5 billion litres of water since July but summer would see them use up to 1 billion litres per day.
"... if you're planning to keep cool with an inflatable pool, make sure you reuse the water on your gardens," Mr Marmion said.
"Those with pools should use their pool cover as much as possible as evaporation is high during summer."
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Comments: Large main floor 2 bedroom / 2 full bath unit. Large living space between 2 bedrooms that are on opposite side of the space. Living rm has slider to your out door space on a patio area, which can be used as a private entrance. Kitchen pass thru with bar area and eat in area, in addition to a dining area in main living space. Main Foyer at entry. Water, sewer and snow removal included in HOA fee that is paid by the owner. Pictures are from previous time listed.
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If there’s one thing I hear again and again from Nokia’s most vocal fans, it’s that the firm’s Windows Phone apps—most of which are available only on its own Lumia devices—are in many ways the key differentiator between its products and those of the competition. And they’ve got a point: If you’re considering a Windows Phone handset, Nokia’s sometimes amazing apps need to be part of the decision-making process.
As I wrote previously, there are other considerations, of course, including Nokia’s excellent evolving device designs and an also-unique collection of hardware accessories, many of which I’ll be reviewing in the coming weeks. But when I hear from Nokia’s fans and users, the one thing I hear consistently is that it is the firm’s exclusive apps that really put Lumia devices over the top.
And they’re right. If you choose an HTC Windows Phone 8X or, god help you, whatever mid-level toss-away that Samsung is foisting on us this year, the biggest thing you’ll give up, compared to users of Lumia handsets, is those apps. Yes, there are other advantages to discuss—camera optics comes to mind—but the apps are the big one.
Nokia’s exclusive apps fortake two forms. There are of course the apps that Nokia itself creates, and for the most part I’d hold these up as the key differentiator. (And it’s perhaps not coincidental that Nokia, alone among Windows Phone licensees, has bet its future solely on this one platform and has thus really stepped up to the plate in this area.) And then there are also the third party exclusives that Nokia offers to its customers—sometimes in paid form, mind you—that simply aren’t available elsewhere.
If you’re familiar with Windows Phone, you know that there is a “stock” Windows Phone Store experience that includes on-device access to markets for apps, games, music, and podcasts. And you know that there are also two other market in-roads: One for the wireless carrier (AT&T’s is called AT&T Featured”) and one for the handset maker. On my HTC 8X, this is called HTC Apps, and it’s got a fairly sad little collection of apps, some of which are useful and none of which are truly in the “gotta-have-it” category.
On a Lumia handset running Windows Phone 8, you’ll see a Nokia collection inside Windows Phone Store. And unlike the handset-curated mini-stores from other device makers, this one is stocked—overfilling, really—with excellent apps.
There’s little reason to enumerate through all of them, but I would like to highlight some general areas in which Nokia blows the doors off the competition.
Nokia made big news last month when it announced the availability of a new generation of HERE location apps, three of which (HERE Maps, HERE Drive Beta and HERE Transit) are available to all Windows Phone 8 handsets. But Nokia also reserved other HERE location apps for its own Lumia handsets. And those apps—HERE Drive+ and HERE City Lens—are awesome.
HERE Drive+, as its name suggests, is an improvement over Drive, in that it offers turn-by-turn navigation with voice in 94 countries (instead of just your own country, as in Drive), with full offline support (via downloadable maps).
City Lens is a so-called augmented reality app that lets you find what’s around you—restaurants and bars, hotels, shopping, sights and museums, transportation, and much more—through a Maps-like 2D view or, better yet, a camera view in which the locations are overlayed on top of the view through the viewfinder. It’s one of those things that needs to be seen to be believed.
App that improve Windows Phone features
Nokia offers a wide range of apps that improve on built-in Windows Phone features. Nokia Music offers a free, Pandora-style streaming music service exclusively to Lumia users, with an optional paid subscription (Music+) that offers offline station access.
The firm’s photo apps are quite interesting. Creative Studio provides a nice set of photo editing features that expand greatly on the built-in Windows Phone editing functionality. Glam Me provides some fun, sort-of like Instagram photo enhancing, though only for self-portraits (it uses the front-facing camera). Cinemgraph is like an animated GIF app for smart phone photos: It lets you take a still frame and then animate areas of the screen for a very unique cinemagraph effect. Photobeamer lets you display photos from your phone on any screen showing the photobeamer.com web site. And let’s not forget Panorama, a great panoramic photo creator, and Smart Shoot, which shoots five frames for each photo taken, letting you pick the best faces from each, so there are no blinks.
There’s a lot more. NFC Writer lets your phone reads NFC tags. Xpress is a new kind of web browser. Pulse Beta is a new messaging app. And Ringtone Maker … well, you get the idea.
Apps and games
Nokia routinely snags app and game exclusives. This week, for example, a new version of the popular Bejeweled game, Bejeweled Live +, became available only to Lumia users.
If there’s a downside to Nokia’s app collection—and, honestly now I’m just looking for something critical to write—it’s that the occasional app in there isn’t actually exclusive to Lumias. For example, Angry Birds Seasons is highly placed in the Nokia collection right now, but this 99 cent game is available to all Windows Phone 8 users.
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James "William" Overfield Sr. was born on Aug. 3, 1853 in Barbour County, WV, the son of John Edgar and Sarah (Hanshaw) Overfield.
Said the Preston County (WV) Journal, "He was a native of Barbour county but came to Preston when a young man and lived here since." As a young man, while residing under his parents' roof, he was trained as a stone cutter.
When he was age 27, William married 21-year-old Allida Anna Eliza "Lida" Zinn (1859-1938), on Feb. 22, 1881. The ceremony took place at the parson age of Rev. Presley F. Flythe. Lida was a native of Preston County and the daughter of Alexander W. and Anna E. (Wright) Zinn.
They had eight children -- Ida Brown, Bessie A. Born, Roxie Peterson, Eva Summers, Percy "Jean" Farrell Grandon, Nettie Born, James William "Junior" Overfield and George Overfield.
For many years, William resided at Brown Mills near Reedsville, Preston County, WV, where he labored as a farmer.
At the death of his uncle Dr. Guy Hanshaw in 1908, William was entitled to one-forty-eighth of the estate. He received an immediate payout from the estate of $38.54 in 1909. At intervals over the years, through 1942, he received royalty payments from the oil and gas wells. The high point was in 1918, when he received $16.36. In total, he received $171.74 in inheritance.
In December 1919, the Overfields received the shocking news that their married daughter Jean, now living in Arizona, had shot and killed her abusive husband in a desperate act of self-defense. William traveled to Coconino County, AZ to attend the trial, and a local newspaper referred to him as "a handsome, refined-looking, middle-aged man." Once his daughter was acquitted, he brought her and her two young children back to West Virginia.
When the federal census was taken in 1920, the Overfields made their home on Overhill Street in Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV. That year, William labored in a glass factory, while son Junior, age 22, was a tin opener in a tin plate mill. Also living under their roof was widowed daughter Jean Farnell and her children Leonard Farnell (age 11) and Bessie Farnell (age 9). Living next door was their married daughter and son in law, Roxie and Ray Peterson.
By 1930, when the census again was enumerated, William and Eliza had moved back to the Valley District of Preston County, where they lived alone. William, age 76, continued to make a living as a farmer.
William died of a stroke at the age of 83, on Jan. 16, 1937, while living in the home of son J.W. Overfield Jr. in Lumberport, near Reedsville, WV. He was buried at Reedsville Cemetery, following the funeral at the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his obituary, the Clarksburg Exponent said he was "one of the county's oldest residents." At the time of his death, William and Eliza had 52 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
The following year, on Sept. 14, 1938, Eliza passed away, at age 79, and was laid to rest beside her husband. She had suffered from stomach cancer. Daughter Roxie was the informant for her death certificate.
~ Daughter Ida May (Overfield) Brown ~
Daughter Ida May Overfield (1881-1976) was born on Feb. 7, 1882 in Preston County.
She married Walter Fleming Brown (1882-1973) on May 2, 1906, when she was age 24 and he 23. Walter was a native of Reedsville, Preston County, and the son of Edward E. and Sarah (McBee) Brown. Rev. Millard F. Compton of the Methodist Episcopal Church officiated.
At the time of marriage, Walter labored as a glassworker at one of the plants in Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV.
They had two children, James W. Brown and an unidentified daughter who died young.
Circa 1937, the Browns lived in nearby Morgantown. In 1957, they were in Rock Forge near Reedsville, where they labored for years as farmers.
Ida was a member of many social and community organizations, among them the Wesley United Methodist Church, Pythian Sistes, Dames o Malta, Daughters of the American Revolution and Harmony Rebekah Lodge of Morgantown.
Walter passed away at age 90 on Sept. 28, 1973, at University Hospital in Morgantown.
Ida survived her husband by three years, making her home at 218 High Street in Morgantown. She died at the age of 94, at home, on March 30, 1976. Following a funeral at the Reedsville United Methodist Church, led by Rev. William Dougherty, she joined her husband in eternity in Reedsville Cemetery. An obituary was printed in the Morgantown Dominion-Post.
~ Daughter Bessie (Overfield) Born ~
Daughter Bessie Overfield (1885-1979) was born in 1885.
She married Kasper Henry Born (1875-1973), the son of German immigrants Jacob and Mary (Oupkey) Born. The wedding was held on March 24, 1902, performed by Rev. Rye Radgar in her parents' home. She was just age 16, and he 26, at the time. Her father had to provide a letter of consent to the county clerk so they could obtain their marriage license.
Kasper was of medium height and stout build, with blue eyes and brown hair. They were members of the Church of Christ at Gladesville.
The Borns had 11 children -- Fred Born, Madonna Peterson, Zelma Farley, Mrs. Reher McKinney, Freda Core, Kathleen Kisner, Edwing McCullough, Chester Born, Vernon Born, Bessie Wilson, Louise Shuman and Lillie Virginia Born. Sadly daughter Lillie Virginia died at age one in 1905, with her grave marker seen here at Reedsville Cemetery.
When Kasper registered for the World War I draft, at age 43, he stated that he was a farmer "for myself." In older age, Bessie became interested in the Dr. Guy Hanshaw inheritance situation in 1959. In a letter to distant cousin Frank Wayne Hanshaw Jr., she wrote that "while visiting in Salem W.Va. recently, [I] decided to go into Harrisville, W.Va., to learn what she could about the heirs' interest there." She found the estate administrators "evasive," but learned of the existence of other heirs. They made their home on the Old Kingwood Pike near Reedsville.
In March 1972, the Borns celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. At the time, they had produced 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Kasper died at age 98 in 1973, and was laid to rest in the Reedsville Cemetery.
Bessie outlived Kasper by six years, and went to live in the Morgan Manor Convalescent Center in Morgantown. There, at the age of 93, she died on Oct. 3, 1979.
Daughter Zelma Born married Roy Farley (or "Fraley") and lived in Barrackville.
Daughter Madonna Born married Harvey Peterson and made their home in Reedsville.
Son Fred Born (1903-1997) was born in 1903. He married Elsie E. (?) (1906-2005). Their wedding took place on May 29, 1936. They lived in Reedsville. Fred died on Dec. 29, 1997, at the age of 94. Elsie outlived her husband by almost eight years. She passed away at the age of 99½ years on May 4, 2005. They rest for eternity together in Reedsville Cemetery. Their grave marker, seen here, was photographed in October 2008.
Daughter Repher Born married Parley J. McKinney. They resided in Detroit, MI circa 1972 and by 1979 were living in Port Charlotte, FL.
Daughter Freda Born married (?) Core. She lived in Morgantown and by 1979 was in Lorain, OH.
Daughter Kathleen Born wed George Kisner made her home in Lexington, KY.
Daughter Edwina Born married Morton McCullough and resided in Salem, Preston County circa 1979.
Son Chester Born lived in Arthurdale.
Son Vernon Born made his home in San Diego, CA and later in Portland (OR?).
Daughter Bessie Born married George Wilson and in 1979 resided in San Diego, CA.
Daughter Louise Born wed Emery Shuman. They made their home in San Diego, CA and later in Lexington, KY.
~ Son William Gay "Junior" Overfield ~
Son William Gay "Junior" Overfield (1896-1957) was born on Feb. 5, 1896.
During World War I, he served in the American Expeditionary Force as a private in the 312th Field Artillery.
Junior lived in Lumberport, Harrison County, WV in 1937, where he likely labored in coal mines. By the mid-1950s, he was residing in Dellslow, Monongalia County.
He married Jessie Lee Watkins (1901-1973), daughter of Perry and Ellen Watkins. The couple produced 11 children -- Dair Overfield, James Overfield, Perry Overfield, Junior Overfield, Clifford Overfield, Jessie Teaford, Betty Pyles, Bonnie Bradley, Shirley Overfield, Sandra Overfield and Judith Bryant.
Said the Preston County Journal, Junior "was a veteran of World War I, having served with the 312th Field Artillery. His last employment was as night watchman for the G.C. Murphy Co. in Morgantown. He was a member of the Mellon's Methodist Chapel, Veterans of Foreign Wars and District 50 of United Mine Workers."
Junior died in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Clarksburg, Harrison County on Feb. 24, 1957, at the age of 60, of liver and colon cancer. He was buried in the Morgan Memorial Park in Preston County. [Find-a-Grave]
Jessie outlived him by 16 years, and made her home in Dellslow. She passed away on June 10, 1973.
Son Dair Overfield lived in Reedsville.
Son James W. Overfield (1933-1994) was born in 1933. He served in the US Army in the late 1950s. He later lived in Morgantown, and died on March 15, 1994, at the age of 61.
Son Perry W. Overfield (1935-2001) was born in 1935. He served with the US Navy circa 1957. He died in Morgantown on Sept. 28, 2001.
Son Junior Overfield lived in Lorain, OH.
Son Clifford Overfield ( ? - ? ) married Ruth ( ? - ? ). Initially they made their home in Reedsville and by 2016 were in Morgantown.
Daughter Jessie Overfield married (?) Teaford and they resided in Columbus, Franklin County, OH.
Daughter Betty Overfield wed (?) Pyles and lived in Dellslow.
Daughter Bonnie Lou Overfield (1932-2016) was born on April 8, 1932 in Reedsville. In 1950, she served as a Festival Princess at the Ninth Annual Preston County Buckwheat Festival. Distant cousin John "Donald" Everly (son of J. Ami Everly) served as one of the event organizers. The festival celebrated Preston County's position as "West Virginia's and the nation's number one county in the production of buckwheat," said a 1958 festival program. "Preston County threshed 63,800 bushels and had an acreage of 2,831... This grain is used in astronomical proportions during the Festival. It is the principal ingredient of 15,700 buckwheat dinners served at three Kingwood serving centers." The Festival honored local achievements and public service in the areas of firefighting, education and agriculture. Following graduation from Fairmont State College, she obtained a master's degree at West Virginia University. For some two decades, she was employed by the Preston County Board of Education as a gifted program teacher and with learning disabled students. Her first husband was Rev. Willis Edwin Bradley ( ? - ? ). A graduate of West Virginia University and Wesley Seminar, Willis was a Methodist clergyman who served congregations at Mt. Vernon, Halleck, Lake Lynn, Avery, New Alexandria/Luxor, PA, Sylvester, Poca, Riverview, Marmet, North View, Pruntytown and Rivesville between 1950 and 1975. He and Bonnie have a biographical entry in the 1976 book, The Ministers of the West Virginia Conference, The United Methodist Church, a project of the cabinet and published by The United Methodist Publishing House in Nashville, TN. The couple produced two sons, Parke Bradley and Milton Dean Bradley. Bonnie was a member of Eastern Star and Community United Methodist Church on Grafton Road. After Willis' passing, Bonnie married again to Clell O. Mick ( ? - ? ). Bonnie spent her final years in the Rolling Hills section of Morgantown. She died at the age of 84 on Aug. 31, 2016. Funeral services were officiated by Rev. Judy Flynn, with interment in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery on Eby Road.
Daughter Shirley Overfield married Jeff Rembert, son of Mary Watkins of Coraopolis, Allegheny County, PA. The wedding took place on July 5, 1958 in the Reedsville Methodist Church, where, said the Morgantown Dominion News, "the custom of 'open church' [was] observed." Circa 2016, the couple dwelled in Canton, Stark County, OH.
Daughter Sandra Overfield ( ? - ? ) was wedded to Robert White ( ? - ? ) and make their home in Kingwood.
Daughter Judith Overfield ( ? - ? ) married Ernest Bryant ( ? - ? ). Their residence in 2016 was in Elyria, OH.
~ Daughter Nettie (Overfield) Born ~
Daughter Nettie L. Overfield (1890-1939) was born in 1890.
She married Edd Born (1871-1948), a lifelong resident of Preston County, and the son of German immigrants Jacob and Mary (Oupkey) Born. The Borns were wed in 1909, when Nettie was age 18, and Edd was age 38. (He was about two decades older than she.) They resided at Reedsville, Preston County.
They had 16 children -- Glen Born, Guy Born, Harry Born, Jacob Born, Gerald Born, George Born, Carl Born, Edward Born, Robert Ford Born, Geraldine Trickett, Jessie Baldwin, Evadell Wilhelm, Waunita Nuce, Virginia Genevieve Trickett, Mary Rose Trickett and Dorothy Jean Born.
When the U.S. census was taken in 1910, the Borns and their newborn daughter Virginia lived together in the Valley District of Preston County, where Edd was a farmer. Foster Coburn, a helping hand on their farm, lived under their roof in 1910. During the decade of the 1920s, Nettie gave birth to seven more children, and in the 1920s, she bore another six.
The 1920 and 1930 censuses show this large family continuing to reside in Preston County's Valley District.
Nettie died on July 11, 1939, at the age of 48.
Tragically, their son Robert died of uremia and acute nephritis at age 12, on Jan. 9, 1941. He was buried at the Reedsville Cemetery.
Edd passed away on March 29, 1948, on his 70th birthday, and he was laid to rest beside his wife and son. Their grave was decorated with bright red flowers when photographed in June 2006.
Daughter Virginia Genevieve Born (1909-1972) was born in 1909. She married Judson "Judd" Trickett. They resided in Reedsville and moved to Douglas, AZ, where they were members of the Douglas United Methodist Church. They had two sons -- Darrell Leon Trickett and Gary Ronald Trickett. Sadly, Virginia died at the age of 62 in Douglas Hospital. Her remains were returned to West Virginia for interment in Masontown Cemetery in Preston County.
Daughter Eleanor "Geraldine" Born (1912- ? ) was born in 1912. She married Russell Trickett and lived in Browns Chapel in 1948 and later in Morgantown.
Daughter Reva "Waneta" Born (1913- ? ) was born in 1913. She married (?) Nuce. In 1948, they lived in Dellslow, and circa 1972, they resided on Route 7 near Morgantown.
Son Harry E. Born (1914- ? ) was born in 1914. He lived in Washington, DC in 1948, Oakton, VA circa 1972 and Fairfax Station, VA in 1984.
Son Glen K. Born (1916- ? ) was born in 1916. He made his home in Arthurdale in the 1970s.
Daughter Jessie M. Born (1917- ? ) was born in 1917. She married Albert Baldwin and lived in Charleston, Kanawha County, WV circa 1939. Later, Jessie moved to Morgantown. She later married Rodney Didawick and in 1984 they lived in Coconut Grove, Dade County, FL.
Son Carl M. Born (1918-2002) was born in 1918. He made his home along the Kingwood Pike in Reedsville. He is thought to have served on the board of directors for a proposed Valley District Ambulance Association circa October 1971. He passed away on Dec. 1, 2002, at the age of 84.
Son Jacob Born (1919-1984) was born in 1919. He resided in Reedsville. He married Dorothy C. ( ? - ? ) and they had two children -- Jacob C. Born and Judy S. Born. Jacob was a member of the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church. A farmer, he competed in the Preston County Dairy Farmers annual Hay and Silage Show, held in conjunction with the West Virginia University Dairy Short Court at the State 4-H Camp at Jacksons Mill. In January 1958, he placed fifth with an exhibit featuring alfalfa hay. In 1959, he placed third in field-cured hay. Jacob and Dorothy divorced at some point in time, with him staying in Reedsville, and Dorothy moving to Kingwood. Jacob died at home on Feb. 2, 1984 at the age of 64. Following a funeral held in the Morgan Funeral Home in Reedsville, he was buried in Preston Memorial Gardens. His obituary was published in the Preston County Journal.
Daughter Evadell ("Eva Dell") Born (1921- ? ) was born in 1921. She married (?) Wilhelm of Morgantown. They lived there circa 1984.
Son Guy W. Born (1922-2000) was born in 1922. He married Virginia Marie Costilow (1925-1982), the daughter of Elmer and Virginia Violet (Scott) Costilow of Morgantown. The Borns lived in Arthurdale. They had six children -- Ronald Guy Born, Donald Eugene Born, Tricia Ann Born, Barbara Elaine DeBerry, Sherry Marie Born and Marsha Louise Luzier. Virginia passed away at the age of 57 on Oct. 16, 1982, with funeral services held at the Mill Chapel Church of the United Brethren Church. Guy outlived her by 18 years, and died on March 21, 2000. They are buried in Reedsville Cemetery.
Son Gerald Born (1924-1995) was born in 1924. He made his home in Masontown, Preston County in 1984 and later in Reedsville. He passed away on Nov. 26, 1995, at the age of 71.
Daughter Mary Rose Born (1926- ? ) married (?) Trickett of Masontown. They made their home there in 1984.
Son George E. Born (1927-1997) was born in 1927. He resided in Arthurdale. He is thought to have died at the age of 70 on Jan. 4, 1997.
Son Edd Born Jr. (1933-1996) was born in 1933. He lived in Reedsville. In September 1958, he placed advertisements in the Morgantown Dominion News, promoting a public sale of a six-room house five miles north of Masontown on Rohr Road, near the school, comprising 128 acres. Included in the sale items were 17 head of livestock, a Ford tractor, plows, disc and side mower, manure spreader, wagon and other farming implements. He passed away at the age of 63 on Jan. 30, 1996.
Daughter Dorothy Jean Born ( ? - ? ) married (?) Coulson and made their home in Stowe, OH. By 1984, they had relocated to Clearwater, Pinellas County, FL.
~ Son George A. Overfield ~
Son George A. Overfield (1882-1971) was born in 1882.
He married Hester P. ( ? -1966).
They had no children, and resided in Reedsville, in the section called Rock Forge.
In the dead of winter 1939, he visited the offices of the Preston County Journal in Kingwood, bringing with him an old newspaper, the Ulster County Gazette, dated Jan. 4, 1880. "The paper was published by Samuel Freer & Son," said the Journal. "It carried several interesting articles about them being an account of the death and burial of General Washington and the opening address of President John Adams to Congress. The paper was well preserved and had many things of interest of the early history."
George was a longtime employee of the A & P Store, and was a member of the Piedmont United Methodist Church. In 1971, when he was 88, George fell at home, and was taken to University Hospital in Morgantown. He died there on March 2, 1971. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Westernport, MD. His obituary was published in the Journal.
~ Daughter Percy Jean (Overfield) Farrell Grandon ~
Daughter Percy "Jean" Overfield (1889-1979) was born in 1889.
She twice wed. Her first spouse was James Charles Farrell (1883-1919), the son of John and Adeline (Brown) Farrell. The wedding took place on Aug. 11, 1907, at the bride's home near Mt. Vernon in Preston County, when she was age 19, and he was 25.
Two weeks into the marriage, they moved west to Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ and remained there through the 1910s, where James followed his trade of carpentry. During that time, even as the marriage began to unravel, they produced two children -- Leonard Farrell and Bessie Marcia Farrell.
Later in the 1910s, the family moved to a ranch at Garland Prairie near Parks, Coconino County, AZ. James was "frequently abusive and ugly," reported the Coconino Sun in Flagstaff, and he often called her "bat face." Once, "when she had gone into the back yard where he was, he had asked her, 'what in hell are you diong here?' and when she had retorted that she supposed she had a right there, he struck her several times with his fists, on either temple, knocking her down. Then he kicked her."
On another occasion, said the Sun, while at Garland Prairie in the spring of 1919, "he was choking her and knocking her head against the wall when M.J. Lunch, an old friend of both Mr. and Mrs. Farrell, who lived there with them for three months, came in and pulled Farrell away. Still another time, when Farrell was about to whip their little daughter, Bessie, who ran behind her mother for protection, Farrell struck the mother in the jaw with his fist."
In front of the children, James swore at his wife or told them that he would "cut their mother's guts out" and "mash her head in." She later said that when going to bed at night, she often feared for her life.
On the fateful morning Sept. 24, 1919, when James was age 36, he and Jean discussed separating, and she asked that he leave the ranch to her along with $100 cash. He shot back that "I'm wise to your little game" but when their farmhand came into earshot they stopped the discussion. After lunch, James began to rant that he would "clean out the whole ... lot of you" and reached for his rifle behind a trunk. Instinctively, Jean "grabbed the shot gun, which was leaning against the wall, and fired at him," said the Sun. "She saw him straighten up, heard him moan, 'O-o-o-h!' then ran into the beanfield."
The shot from the gun had hit its mark, in James' midsection, tearing apart his liver, kidney and stomach, then cutting up his right and left lungs and heart. Bleeding profusely, he went into the house to lie down, but it was clear he was dying. Jean sent her son to a store owned by Frank Chadek with a note asking for physicians to come. Dr. C.D. Jeffries of Williams arrived at the house but there was little he could do. James died later that day.
Jean admitted to the killing and was arrested. Her good friend Mrs. Charles W. Heiser paid the $500 bail so that Jean would be released prior to the trial. Her father traveled from West Virginia to be present, and the Sun called him "a handsome, refined-looking, middle-aged man."
At the four-day trial, some dozen men and women testified for the prosecution, among them James' uncle, in addition to the sheriff, deputy sheriff, city marshal, under-sheriff and two women who knew the family but never had witnessed the abuse. Two men testified for the defense -- justice of the peace J.S. Button and W.D. Finney of the local Western Union telegraph office. The evidence against James was so overwhelming that the jury only took 10 minutes to render its verdict, and Jean was acquitted on grounds of self defense. Reported the Sun, "Farrell's ugly character, his actions at times so maniacal as to lead to fear that he was insane; his brutality toward the plaintiff; his threatening behavior on the day she shot him -- all were proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Her defense was perfect in every detail, so closely and reasonably did every bit of the evidence link together, in none of it a thing that reflected on Mrs. Farrell's character or behavior."
Her father announced that he was taking her and the children back to West Virginia. She relinquished her ownership of the homestead ranch, machinery and stock to Mr. Schultz, trading them to him for his property north of town.
After returning to Morgantown, Jean and the children temporarily resided with her parents and children circa 1920. Later, by 1930, she married Ohio-born Philo Vanburen "Phil" Grandon (1879-1951). The couple then returned to Arizona for several years and thence relocated to California.
The 1930 census shows the Grandons making their home in Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ, where Phil was employed as a laborer constructing bridges. The whereabouts of the children at that time are unknown. The couple moved to California and lived in Bakersfield by 1937.
Philo passed away in Tulare County, CA on June 25, 1951.
Jean outlived him for many years, and continued to make her home in Bakersfield in 1971. She died at the age of 90, in Kern County, CA, two days before Christmas in 1979, and less than three months after the death of her sister Bessie Born.
Son Leonard Farrell (1908- ? ) was born in about 1908 in Arizona. Nothing more is known.
Daughter Bessie Marcia Farrell (1910- ? ) was born in 1910 in Maricopa County, AZ.
~ Daughter Eva (Overfield) Summers Taylor ~
Daughter Eva Overfield (1892-1980) was born in 1892.
She first was married married (?) Summers. Nothing about that marriage is known.
Circa 1937, she was married again, to Charles Francis Taylor (1891-1954), the son of John Reuben and Emily Jane (Blaney) Taylor. They resided in Reedsville, where Charles labored as a coal miner. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America.
Charles passed away at age 63, on Oct. 31, 1954, of hardening of the arteries, along with rheumatoid arthritis.
Eva outlived her husband by more than a quarter of a century, making her home in Morgantown. She died at age 88 in 1980, and was buried beside her husband at Reedsville. Their sons Charles Edgar and Harry Francis and daughter Helen Virginia Taylor also are buried at Reedsville. Their surviving children were May Oma Born, Lois Smith, Lucille Martin and Melba DeGolyer.
~ Daughter Roxie Dove (Overfield) Peterson ~
Daughter Roxie Dove Overfield (1895- ? ) was born in 1895. She married William "Ray" Peterson (1894- ? ) on Aug. 8, 1915, at the home of her parents in Preston County, when she was age 20, and he 23.
The couple had at least five children -- Harry R. Peterson, Arthur W. Peterson, Garnet V. Peterson, Roy A. Peterson and Eloise H. Peterson.
They lived on North Willey Street in Morgantown in 1920 and 1930, when the census was taken, near the campus of West Virginia University. During that period of time, Ray was employed as a mechanical engineer in a tin plate mill.
In 1920, they lived next door to Roxie's parents, brother J.W. Jr., and widowed sister Jean Farrell.
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Patagonia (the outdoor gear clothing company) have launched “We the Power: The Future of Energy Is Community Owned”, a film about the citizen-led community-energy movement in Europe and the visionaries lighting the way.
The film features Community Energy England members Repowering, Brixton Energy Solar and Energy Garden, as well as other local co-operatives from deep in Germany’s Black Forest to the streets of ancient Girona in Spain, as they pave the way for a renewable energy revolution and build healthier, financially stable communities.
The film is available free-to-view at We The Power – Patagonia.
Watch for inspiration and encouragement and to be reminded that the community energy sector in England is part of a thriving international movement.
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The first step for linear programming assignment help is to understand the concept of linear programming. Basically linear programming simplifies the problem into a single equation or a series of one or more equations. If you multiply x and y together, you get z which is equal to the product of the two. Now if we do linear programming, we will get a series of zeros (also called xays), meaning we have to divide the original x by the original y, which gives us our original factor(s). This means we need to multiply our factors by a constant, meaning e, which represents our original interest rate.
Using linear programming, one can come up with feasible solutions to many complex problems involving any number of variables. The duality of linear programming comes from its underlying structure. For instance, in any real life situation, there are always two possible outcomes, or responses, to a given input. One outcome is known as a desired response and the other is considered a viable response. In linear programming, the response we wanted could either be achieved by lowering the interest rate, or by increasing the size of the loan.
Using linear programming, you can arrive at a solution by finding the slope of a particular line, known as the intercept, and plotting this against the target line. This plot can be visualized using a simplex method, which plots the intercept against the targeted value. If the slope of the intercept line is negative, the lower value must be lowered, if it is positive, the higher value should be raised. This way, linear programming provides a very simple solution and thus can be used in any setting. A similar method, called the quadratic formula, is often used to solve more complicated problems involving multiple variables. quadratic equations can also be solved using linear programming.
Many linear programs also incorporate some form of sensitivity analysis into their solution. Sensitivity analysis makes use of various mathematical tools to determine the ranges of possible inputs that can be included in the optimal decision. This method is sometimes used instead of optimal choices, since the range of feasible solutions is much smaller, making this type of analysis less time consuming. In some cases, linear programs may still use sensitivity analysis, but they do not include it explicitly in the solution.
Another type of linear programming that is sometimes used is the duality assignment. In a duality assignment, the weights on each input variable is chosen such that the output variable is also centered over the known range of real numbers. For instance, the first number in a two-sided triangular assignment would correspond to 0, the second number to 1, and the third to the actual value of the corresponding real number. This type of assignment is often used when the range of inputs needed for the solution are large, since the weights of the inputs do not change too much even as the weights change.
Another approach to linear programming assignment is to apply the lp duality algorithm, which is similar to the quadratic formula. The only difference between the two is that the range of inputs needed for the solution to satisfy the equation is much smaller than the range that would be covered by the quadratic formula. Using the lp duality algorithm or a similar formulation based on it can be quite helpful, especially for problems where the range of acceptable answers is small and the target objective difficult.
The simplest way to make use of linear programming in reinforcement learning is to use the simplex method, which is essentially an extension of the lp duality algorithm to solve more difficult reinforcement learning problems. The simplex method is widely used in the field of artificial intelligence and in cognitive science. The simplex method was developed by John McCarthy and Michael Lasko to help solve problems in optimization, and is still in wide use today. Using the simplex method, one can learn how to create an artificial neural network with the weights of the inputs in the training phase, and with the desired weights in the testing phase. | <urn:uuid:bba0d44d-4fc4-4972-bbfa-b74541d96ef5> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://linearprogramminghelp.com/learning-linear-programs-with-the-simplex-method/ | 2023-06-04T18:16:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650201.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604161111-20230604191111-00786.warc.gz | en | 0.95093 | 798 |
Mark S. Holmes
With over $500,000,000 in patent deals under his belt, Mark S. Holmes is the founder and C.E.O. of PatentBridge LLC a privately held technology development firm in Silicon Valley that specializes in bringing to market select patented technologies covering extraordinary scientific and industrial breakthroughs. Recently PatentBridge sold a single patent for more than $4,000,000.
Mr. Holmes was named to the IAM Strategy 250 - The World's Leading IP Strategists -- and has advised such technology savvy entities as Visa, Sony, Applied Materials, University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley Lab), Biosite, Fairchild Semiconductor, Intergraph (in its settlement of Intergraph vs. Intel), Rigel Pharma and Yamanouchi Pharma as well as startups.
He has negotiated numerous patent licenses, as well as represented patent owners in the sale of their patents. Having been on both sides of the table -- as licensor and licensee … buyer and seller -- he has a unique understanding of both perspectives and the negotiating tactics employed by licensors and licensees as well as buyers and sellers.
Mr. Holmes possesses first hand business startup experience from being the co-founder of a successful telecommunications startup which was sold in the late 1990s to a portfolio company of the Alabama state retirement fund (RSA).
He is also an active angel investor with Band of Angels, an advisor to technology startups, and serves as co-chair of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES).
He is a registered patent attorney, holds an engineering degree from Brown, is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and wrote the book Patent Licensing: Strategy, Negotiation & Forms.
He co-chairs the Advanced Patent Licensing program of the Practising Law Institute (PLI) and speaks on software and technology licensing in the PLI Advanced Licensing program in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. He lectures nationally on the pressing issues facing licensors in the commercialization of their intellectual property. In the past few years, he has spoken nationally over 40 times on the commercialization of intellectual property for such bodies as Renaissance Weekend, Practising Law Institute, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Washington State Patent Law Association, Oregon Patent Law Association, Hawaii State Bar Association and other organizations. | <urn:uuid:f1e151de-bcf6-4d1d-93af-1329137f44d2> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://www.pli.edu/Content/Faculty/Mark_S_Holmes/_/N-1z13g24Z4o?Ns=sort_title%7C0&ID=PE451641 | 2015-04-28T10:21:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246661095.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045741-00045-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949942 | 483 |
When you consider the Lee Boys, don't let the term "sacred steel music" intimidate you. Originating from a church in Miami, the group delivers music that is spiritual in nature. But the tone of the Lee Boys' guitar-based music is one of sheer joy, and it sounds a lot like the blues and rock 'n' roll.
"This whole sacred steel movement, this is what we grew up playing and listening to, and it's been in our church for over 70 years," explains band leader/guitarist/vocalist Alvin Lee. "It started in the early 1930s. My father played the lap steel. And that's really how the Lee Boys came to be: My father was taught by his uncle, and from that we just started doing this and here we are today."
Of course, the blues, gospel, and rock 'n' roll are inextricably linked. So it seems perfectly natural that an electric band playing spiritual music would plunder some licks from the more unruly secular music forms that emerged in gospel's wake.
The Lee Boys' music is a raucous take on traditional gospel that emphasizes guitar leads more than lead vocals. Sounding a lot like Robert Johnson, James "Son" Thomas, or even the White Stripes, the Lee Boys' music seems a lot more like classic blues than the angel's choir that sings at the gates of heaven. That said, the spiritual element is undeniable, presented in a straightforward way that even the staunchest atheists might find alluring.
"Our music is definitely well-received at all the venues we play," Lee says. "And while we might play places that serve alcohol, they're always venues that focus on music—it's not like we're just playing at bars on the side of the road somewhere. I mean, we usually play at festivals and art centers. But, you know, when I decided to take it out of the four walls, I made a pact that I wanted to spread the music to everyone."
The Lee Boys—Alvin and his vocalist brothers Derrick and Keith Lee, as well as the brothers' nephews Roosevelt Collier on pedal steel, Alvin Cordy Jr. on bass, and Earl Walker on drums—were content to play within the confines of their church until the rest of the world came knocking. The group found its first notoriety after being discovered by renowned folklorist Robert Stone.
"Back in the early 1990s [Stone] got a grant to record some of this music," Lee says. "He came to one of our services and met my brother, Glen. And from there they recorded the first sacred steel album. And from there the sacred steel name has just caught on. It was like a tradition that was kept secret for a long time. And it's sacred because of the whole spirituality thing coming from our church."
After the departure of two family members, Lee felt the call to take the band on the road. "Me and my brother, the late Glen Lee, we formed a style of music of our own within the sacred steel community and within our church," he says. "Both Glen and my father died in 2000, and when they died it was just real hard for me to keep the music in those four walls. I wanted to take what we did beyond those four walls."
Since then, the band has toured tirelessly in both the United States and Europe, logging an average of over 100 dates per year.
"Traveling that much, you know, guys can get rough," Lee says. "We have our little family quarrels, but in the end we're all family. We love each other and we have each other's best interests at heart. I mean, being a family, it is what it is. But now we're getting a little recognition. It's starting to pay off and it's a wonderful thing.
"We're not necessarily preaching religion, per se," Lee continues. "We just want people to feel better through our music, which comes from our religion. I think we've broken so many boundaries because we let people feel the music. You definitely can feel the spirit of the gospel once you hear it. So we let the music do all the speaking for us. I definitely would like the world to know that this music is definitely feel-good music, and we really like for everyone to have a good time. You know, dancing and jumping and stepping are definitely a part of it. We just want to have a positive message with our music. And if we could just touch one person with our music, then our job is done." | <urn:uuid:24008cfe-d0a0-4e99-a473-f1110683ce6b> | CC-MAIN-2014-35 | http://www.metropulse.com/stories/preaching-blues | 2014-09-02T14:35:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1409535922087.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20140909054733-00463-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981815 | 949 |
30 Fox Run Rd,
Newington, New Hampshire, 03801 United States
Chuck E. Cheese's is a respected provider of arcades in Newington. Visit us sometime soon at our store location or give us a call at (603) 431-1367.
Reviews for Chuck E. Cheese's
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August 16th, 2010
Sometimes I think watching a movie is like going on a blind date. In both, you know very little about what is in store– and what you are told is limited and to point of view from someone who really wants it to work out between the two of you. For a blind date, you usually dress up to put your best face forward. Similarly, people have invested time to make the film posters look appealing (their “Sunday best” or “club attire,” if you will). And, in both cases, you never really know what you are in for. Sure, both experiences will likely be over in a few hours, but its anybody’s guess as to what will happen. Your blind date could be a boring, self-important real estate developer (a movie equivalent of Crash), or a bit too perky insurance salesperson (think House Bunny—or perhaps you shouldn’t). The date could go remarkably well, or just look good on paper. Such is the case with Sherlock Holmes. | <urn:uuid:6ff68d6f-7858-46e4-87f5-3eec02da07f7> | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | http://mylifeinthequeue.com/?tag=jude-law | 2014-11-29T03:22:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416931012025.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20141125155652-00077-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978207 | 216 |
Motor pre-drivers target automotive/safety
The DRV3202Q , DRV3203Q, and DRV3204Q are FET pre-driver ICs designed for 3-phase motor control in applications such as oil or water pumps. They have PWM frequencies up to 20 kHz and three high-side and three low-side FET drivers which are controlled by an external MCU. They aid designers in meeting functional safety requirements.
Analog_Mixed_Signal_ICs/Power_Management/ICAJH01_TI_1S_Sep2013 (please use the hi-res version)
The power for the high side is supplied by a charge pump and no bootstrap capacitor is needed. Diagnostics are built in and a current-sense amplifier and comparator allow for current monitoring. The DRV3202 has a CAN interface and all three devices use an SPI port for setup. Priced from $2.80 ea/100.
Texas Instruments , www.ti.com
Linear regulator targets high-in/out applications
The LT3081 1.5-A linear regulator has an extended safe operating area (SOA) compared to existing regulators, making it suitable for high–input-to-output voltage and high-output current applications. It uses a current-source reference for single-resistor output-voltage settings and output adjustability down to 0 V. Output current limit can be set externally with a single resistor.
The linear regulator architecture, combined with mV regulation, enables multiple ICs to be paralleled for heat spreading and higher output current. The device achieves line and load regulation of <2 mV independent of output voltage and features an input voltage range from 1.2 to 40 V. The device suits multiple-rail applications. Output voltage is programmable with a single resistor from 0 to 38.5 V with a 1.2-V dropout. The on-chip trimmed 50-µA current reference is ±1% accurate. The LT3081 is offered in a variety of thermally enhanced surface-mount compatible packages.
Linear Technology , www.linear.com
Fast-charge tech squeezes more life from Li-ion battery
Two power management chipsets with patented fast-charge technology allow consumers to charge single-cell Li-ion batteries faster than other charging technology on the market. The bq27530 and bq27531 fuel gauge circuits, coupled with the bq2416x and bq2419x chargers, optimize battery performance using the highest possible charge rates with minimal battery degradation.
The power management chipset also features a degradation modeling system that helps minimize charge time while extending battery service life by as much as 30%, according to lab tests. The bq27530 and bq24160 chipset for 2.5-A charge rates and the bq27531 and bq24192 chipset for 4.5-A charge rates give designers flexibility by having the gauge control the charger directly. The battery management system reduces software overhead and allows a designer to adapt the charging algorithm to support different platforms and newer higher capacity batteries.
Texas Instruments , www.ti.com
PMIC reduces thermal stress in tablet processors
The AS3721 power management IC features a remote-feedback circuit that helps reduce the thermal stress of applications processors in smartphones and tablets. When paired with the AS3729 point-of-load regulators, the two offer a fast response to load transients and are optimized for Tegra applications processors from Nvidia.
The PMIC enables a compact remote feedback path from the processor to the IC’s integrated dc/dc controllers. A patent-pending design features a feedback interface that needs only two wires instead of the four or five wires typically required by other PMICs. The feedback loop maintains the processor within a safe operating voltage even when supplying fast-changing loads. Using an output capacitor of 40 µF and at an output voltage of 1.0 V, the system’s voltage drop during a step up from 0.5 to 5 A in burst mode is 32 mV (typical). The PMIC can combine up to four devices in an eight-phase configuration that supplies a 20-A maximum output. The PMIC features four dc/dc step-down regulators supplying 4-, 2- and 1.5-A; three dc/dc step-down controllers rated for 5, 10 and 20-A, and 12-digital LDOs.
AMS , www.ams.com
Boost converter maintains 84% efficiency over a 100:1 output current
The TS3300 boost regulator uses 3.5-µA supply current, and features 84% efficiency performance over 100:1 output current span. It is the first boost with linear regulator that operates from 0.6 up to 4.5-V supply voltages and can deliver at least 75-mA continuous output current.
The boost converter can be powered from a wide variety of power sources including single or multiple-cell alkaline or single lithium batteries. The output voltage range can be user-set from 1.8 to 5.25 V to power analog circuits, microcontrollers and low-energy Bluetooth radios simultaneously. It draws 3.5-µA no-load supply current, suits “always on” and other battery-powered or portable applications. Pricing starts at $0.85 ea/1,000 pieces.
Touchstone Semiconductor , www.touchstonesemi.com
5-A buck micro-module regulator targets data converters
The LTM8028, a 1-mV output ripple µModule regulator powers data converters and high speed transceivers. The low output ripple minimizes random jitter in high speed data transceivers and improving bit error rate (BER) performance. A tri-state digital interface determines the device's output voltage, which is adjustable from 0.8 to 1.8 V in 50-mV increments. Output voltage regulation is ±1.5% accurate over temperature.
The µModule regulator combines a 36-V synchronous step-down switcher, powering a 5-A linear post-regulator in a 15 x 15 x 4.92-mm BGA package. When powering an analog-to-digital converter, tests showed a 13-dB improvement in spurious free dynamic range compared to a typical step-down regulator. Output noise is 40 µVRMS from 10-Hz to 100-kHz frequency range. It operates from -40° to +125°C.
Linear Technology , www.linear.com
Triple 2-A/out regulator operates at 3 MHz
The MIC23450 and MIC23451, are triple-output, synchronous buck regulators designed with the company’s HyperLight Load technology. The MIC23450 delivers 2-A/output and the MIC23451 provides 1-A/output. Both regulators operate at 3 MHz in PWM mode. Users may program each of the three outputs independently to operate from 1.0 to 3.3 V using external resistors.
The synchronous buck regulators support an input voltage range of 2.7 to 5.5 V and suit Li-ion/polymer or alkaline/NiCad/NiMH battery applications, as well as PoL dc/dc conversions. The MIC23450 is offered in a thermally-enhanced 32-pin 5 x 5-mm MLF package and the MIC23451 is offered in a 26-pin 4 x 4-mm MLF option. The regulators offer 23-µA/channel quiescent current and achieve 81% efficiency at load current of 1 mA.
Micrel , www.micrel.com
Battery charger integrates 500-mA USB OTG supply
The FAN54015 USB-compliant single-cell Li-ion switching charger employs a, 3-MHz dc/dc synchronous buck converter capable of supplying 1.45 A. The device’s system architecture allows reverse use of the switch-mode buck converter, resulting in a 500-mA USB on-the-go (OTG) boost regulator, and providing power for USB peripherals. Additionally, to accommodate legacy and emerging lithium battery technologies, the regulated battery float voltage can be programmed from 3.5 to 4.44 V.
To protect the battery and maximize mobile device usage time, the charger supports battery charging in three phases: pre-conditioning, constant current (CC), and constant voltage (CV). An integrated over-voltage protection FET blocks current flow when the input voltage reaches dangerous levels, eliminating the need for an external protection MOSFET. It is available for $1.27 ea/1,000.
Fairchild Semiconductor , www.fairchildsemi.com
Battery charger offers safe charging for portables
The MAX77301 Li+ battery charger integrates the intelligence to enumerate with the host device, automatically identify the adapter type, and then determine the fastest rate to charge a battery. With advanced temperature monitoring, the MAX77301 modulates the charge current and battery regulation voltage automatically to maximize safety in any temperature environment. It performs all of these functions without an external CPU or system hardware. The MAX77301 suits mobile equipment, such as cameras, Bluetooth headsets, MP3 players, and portable medical devices.
The battery charger automatically sets charge parameters at a safe level. The device also provides full programmability via the I2C interface, increasing flexibility. It integrates an enumeration and adapter detection engine to maximize charge current and to ensure safe and fast charging. Pricing starts at $2.22 ea/1,000 in a 25-bump 2.44 x 2.44-mm wafer-level package.
Maxim Integrated , www.maximintegrated.com
Charger ICs target photovoltaic sources
Used for managing charging with photovoltaic sources, the ZSPM4521 Li ion battery charger and the ZSPM4523 supercapacitor charger are configurable for termination voltages and charge currents to allow optimum charging for a wide range of Li-ion batteries or super capacitors. They can regulate up to 1.5-A continuous drive current and use a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) function to extract the maximum possible power from the photovoltaic charging source.
Features include a switching frequency of 1 MHz, an efficiency of up to 92%, an integrated I2C interface with EEPROM registers. Available each per 1,000, ZSPM4521 is $1.85 and ZSPM4523 is $1.58. The ZSPM4521 has an additional charge timeout feature to protect the Li-ion battery from overcharge. Both provide protection for overcurrent, overtemperature, overvoltage and undervoltage. Housed in a 16-L PQFN package, the parts operate from –40º to 125ºC.
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Most people know Meghan Markle for what she became in May 2018, a British royal. The current Duchess of Sussex is a former actress, and even before she gained more international fame for her connection to the British royal family, she was an outspoken advocate for gender equality, women’s rights, and empowerment.
A self-confessed feminist, she’s not afraid to speak up for things she believes should be addressed. Over the years, she has used her exposure and opportunities to be a champion for women through various forums and organizations. Her recent inclusion into the royal family probably means good things for her feminist endeavors because her new title as Duchess of Sussex giving her the biggest platform yet to fight for what she believes in. She has voiced her thoughts on feminism on various occasions, and below are some of her most powerful quotes.
1. “Feminism is about fairness.”
This was quoted from her speech at the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. It’s a simple reminder that the fight for the inclusion of women and the fight for their empowerment and rights is not about competing or ‘overthrowing’ men, as many would perceive. Instead, feminism is just a way of seeking to get fairness to all women, to the extent that they will not be discriminated against in society on the basis of their gender.
2. “There’s no uniform for feminism.”
People have a certain perception of feminists, and a successful beautiful actress turned royal just does not fit the frame. However, according to Meghan, anybody can be a feminist so long as they have the drive to help bring about equality among the genders.
3. “Women don’t need to find their voice”
The rest of the sentence is “They need to be empowered to use it and people need to be encouraged to listen.” Disagreeing with people working for women’s equality who say that they’re helping women find their voice, Meghan says that all women need is empowerment to use their voice, and for society to be ready to listen to what they have to say.
4. “No matter what you look like, you should be taken seriously.”
Meghan is once again touching on the assumption that feminists have a specific look, and rejecting traditional ideas of what women are “supposed” to look like.
5. “You’re enough just as you are.”
These words come from an essay that she wrote on her blog, The Tig. Here, she’s reminding women that they do not have to have somebody by their side to feel complete. Many societies have this perception, so it’s a great reminder to women that they’re sufficient and should not feel the pressure to seek any sort of crutch.
Another great saying is “Women make up more than half of the world’s population. It is neither just nor practical for their voices, for our voices, to go unheard at the highest levels of decision making.” Here, she states exactly why it is important for feminists to continue doing what they do until women finally get their fair share of the cake.
With a feminist streak that started as early as when she was 11 and wrote letters to stop a soap commercial that targeted only women, Meghan Markle clearly is still working to further her cause. | <urn:uuid:1d49fe9b-f1e6-4ac7-92a0-b818f1d0f819> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://monagiza.com/the-royals/feminist-things-meghan-markle-ever-said/ | 2021-10-22T04:24:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585450.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022021705-20211022051705-00578.warc.gz | en | 0.981863 | 714 |
I've found out a bit more about the "cool-ee joyce shoes" my mum recorded in her 1947 Diary (see previous post and images on this blog).
Joyce shoes were very popular back then. They were originally designed in Pasadena, California in the 1930s; the company expanded rapidly to become one of the biggest shoe manufacturers using innovative design and production techniques which allowed them to keep costs down.
There is a fascinating history of the Joyce Shoes company on a Blog written by Jonathan Walford who is a fashion historian.
The 1940s adverts for the shoes in the U.K. promised that the cool-ee design was not an expensive luxury but a luxurious economy. The advertising played to the need for economy and restraint at the same time as appealing to the customer’s desire for something stylish, bright and cheerful to wear in times of austerity. In addition the advertising appealed to a stereotyped British character of being easy-going, reliable, friendly and good natured matched with American style.
My mum noted in her diary that she paid £2. 17s. 11d for her cool-ee joyce shoes. In British currency (pre 1970s decimalisation) there were 20 shillings in £1 and 12 pence in one shilling (240 pence in £1); £2.17s.11d is approximately worth £85 these days which is probably about right for a pair of leather shoes. Later in the diary Doreen records how much she had earned and this amount was almost a quarter of her monthly salary; she must have been saving up for quite a while before she bought them.
You might have missed the post where I explained about my mum's diary. She kept it in the early months of 1947 and some of the entries give fascinating in-sights into life in that post-war era.
Although 1947 has the reputation of being one of the worst winters on record in the U.K., December 1946 and most of January 1947 were about average for the time of year. In December overall the weather was unsettled; the temperatures were colder than usual but there was considerably more sunshine. Fog and wind occurred sporadically and there had been some heavy snow falls in Scotland and one in the south east of England on December 19th. As the New Year started the weather continued to be unsettled but it wasn’t until the end of January that the temperatures plummeted.
You can find all the weather records for the U.K. on the Meteorological Office website. I discovered that when my mum recorded in her diary in early January that “the snow is fairly thick, very cold” and that she “went to work feeling thoroughly miserable and stayed in at night” the weather conditions were localised to her area. It wasn't until later in the month that it went nationwide.
On 26th January she recorded that the weather was very bad. In fact it had started to change on 20th January first in the south east and eastern districts of England but gradually the whole of the country experienced frost, snow and strong easterly winds. By the end of the month there was continuous frost and snow all over the country with temperatures over 10 degrees Fahrenheit lower than usual. Doreen recorded: “More snow” (January 27th); “Went to work. Still very cold, snowing too” (28th January). There were widespread snow falls all over the country on 28 and 29 January and even the normally temperate Isles of Scilly had over 7 inches. She continued her weather record:“very cold still snow on the ground” (29th January); “Snow still on the ground” (31st January); “Snowed all day. Went to Chapel at night, snow fairly thick.”
The snow continued to fall throughout February which was the coldest month on record since 1881. It was also the month with least sunshine since records began. This exceptional, persistent cold and continuous frost and snow was accompanied by frequent high winds. This resulted in the snow drifting causing traffic chaos with roads blocked and public transport cancelled. In Yorkshire over 12 inches of snow fell with even more in some places such as Huddersfield which had a 20 inch snowfall on February 6th.
Of course this might not sound like a great deal of snow to some people. I googled "which place gets the most snow?" and got The Mount Baker Ski area in Washington State, U.S.A which got 1140 inches of snow in 1998 / 1999! 20 inches of snow is only a flurry really isn't it?
As well as her diary my mum kept a few photos from that era.
Wednesday 8th January
Went to work.
Snow about 6 inches.
Connie took photo.
Went to Palace at night to see Florian, enjoyed it.
Thursday 9th January
Snow thawing, very messy.
Not quite so fed up.
Connie took another photo.
Stayed in at night and did a puzzle.
I guess these must be some of the photos that Connie took. My mum is the one in the middle; I don't have a clue who the others are but don't you just love the fashion?
I’ve been looking at a diary kept by my mum when she was nineteen years old.
On Saturday January 4th 1947 she wrote:
Went to Leeds got some smashing cool-ee joyce shoes in tan + navy £2. 17s. 11d.
I wanted to find out what she meant by cool-ee joyce shoes. My mum died many years ago so isn’t around to answer my questions.
It was the same when I was researching the background to I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety: The Diary of a Petty Officer in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II; in the introduction I wrote: “I read it (my dad’s diary) again and was intrigued by what my dad had written and as I deciphered his handwriting a number of questions were raised in my mind. I decided to type up the manuscript to make the extracts more legible and accessible and then passed copies to my two sisters. Like me, they were intrigued and also prompted to ask questions in relation to what they were reading. When he was alive, our dad had never really spoken about his war time experiences and when we were younger we hadn't been interested in what he'd been doing thirty years previously. Now we had the interest we didn't have the person with the answers.”
So, yes, I did have a Eureka moment when I stumbled upon an amazing blogsite which houses some adverts for 1940s Joyce cool-ee shoes:
The adverts show some of the shoe designs from the 1940s. These may not be the exact same ones that my mum was so pleased with (and she paid a quarter of her wages to buy them) but you can see how special they were.
I’ve transcribed the words on the adverts here as they epitomise the era illustrating a mixture of concern for austerity with a desire for fashion and style.
“At a time when dress allowances are pretty sorely strained, COOL-EES by Joyce come to the rescue with jaunty, devil-may-care designs at severely sober prices. Here are four typical models that cost far less than they look. Joyce of California styled them… and doesn't he know the inspiring value these days of gay colours and rakish lines.”
“These Cool-ees models are pretty like the British character - easy-going, good natured, friendly and reliable. Joyce of California has given them the added attraction of New World styling which compliments the fine British craftsmanship in a highly desirable way. You'll wear them knowing you've done the right thing by your fashion sense and have played fair with the need for economy…..”
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Damien McGinley's cityscape canvases exude life and painterly technique that captures the atmosphere and rush of being in the big city. Celebrated internationally, award winning Damien McGinley has been the recipient of the Culture Ireland Exhibitions Award, the Irish Embassy Award, and the English Arts Council Exhibition Award. Mr. McGinley's magical cityscapes have graced collections and galleries across the world and the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is proud to be among them to shine a spotlight on this contemporary master.
‘Catalystic Counterpoints’, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea, New York (August 29 – October 3, 2017)
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An Act to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices; foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in the capital markets in Trinidad and Tobago and to reduce systemic risk; to cooperate with other jurisdictions in the development of fair and efficient capital markets, and for other related matters
In order to be passed, the Bill requires a special (three-fifths) majority. The Act will come into force upon Proclamation.
House of Representatives Bill 11 of 2009
House of Representatives
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|Article about a person or thing written in the style of that person or thing|
This article is funny because it is written in the writing style (or what one might imagine to be the writing style) of its subject. If you do not find it funny, it is probably because you are an ignorant, cultural philistine, who does not recognise this fact without having it explained to you.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 yyyhngbgyhntthy xgdf**introduction
- 3 7yuc zhd2**early years///1987
- 4 dxoigmn**$$$$uccess////pablohoney1992////thebends1995.
- 5 OK Computer////1997??id6890
- 6 ocmcocmcocmk**kid a////2000
- 7 2.5Amnesssiac(1)///Half of nothing, nothing of halfs/////2001
- 8 hail to the thief*52365435737474374374374733376437564375697569700
- 9 1% Rainb0wszz*544338745787878648647865453ta1ksinmaths153
- 10 nsdfhsdfj***sBmiL//Fo..gnIk_ ehT/4578457/ _/*2o11/
- 11 ggyf**discography
- 12 see also*grr.arg.
Radiohead have been around since 1985, making shed loads of money for corporate suits but with 110% artistic control about what they choose to wear on stage. Thom Yorke sings every Radiohead song except for "Fitter happier", a song sung by guest star Stephen Hawking. Hawking expressed the hope Radiohead would record an audio version of his book A Brief History of Time in return.
The band consists of Thom (Also known by his stage name, thong_defiowncewin//1_yt) Yorke, Thom Yorke_2.0, That guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers and an ensemble of 42 other motherfuckers. However, thong_defiowncewin//1_yt and his successor/desciple/clone/fanboy Thom Yorke_2.0 (whom, surprisingly, are the only two original members of the band) have been downgraded for consistently having their decisions over the band and its members, including claiming to have had 11 different trumpeters in the recording for their Grammy-award winning/"loved by the public" album Kid A (which was later remixed by Some fucker named under the title Kid A Reborn, Remixed, and Reloaded. Even though this album brought the chaotic sounds of Kid A to a mainstream audience, this was still the fucker's worst reviewed and most hated album of his entire career. Score 1 for unnecessary criticism.)
The name Radiohead, however, came all the way from 1983 when a then-teenaged Thom Yorke went on a field trip to a world-famous museum. While there, he encountered a special copy of the Bible. After buying the book for an indistinguishable price, he finally opened up the book to, oh, somewhere in the freaking book. However, he never realized that opening that one book could change his life forever. One of the storys (or however you spell it) in there that he remembered for the rest of his life was one from around the middle of the book. It had stated that Jesus and Satan fought in a game of Twister and, when Satan won, Jesus took the thing nearest to him and threw it at Satan, thus redeeming him to hell. 3 years later, when Thom Yorke was on tour for the band Masculine Family Killas
or Thom Yorke and all his Friends and had just summoned his de facto successor Thom Yorke_2.0, Mr. Yorke and founding member Ed Sullivan were playing a game of chess. When Ed Sullivan won with a checkmate, Thom Yorke remembered what to do. He picked up the thing nearest to him (In this case, a boombox that had been placed on the nearby coffee table) and threw it at Sullivan's forehead. The somewhere-around-50 members of the band loved the so-called "trick" that Yorke pulled off, and declared Sullivan and the band as Radiohead.
Outsiders have criticised Radiohead as 'difficult', 'pretentious', 'best advertisement for anti-depression drugs' and 'analogue anoraks' but the band insist their music speak for them. So here goes.
>we are phil selway >thom yorke and colin greenwood we are in a band >then theres ed and theres jon: jon is colins brother now we are in a band ..!!in the nineties we was cool but then we ripped off Aphex Twin!! >in the deep deep sssleep of the self-assured we are in a band >in a weird screwed up song we're amazed that we survived our hubris saved our lives
7yuc zhd2**early years///1987
please could you stop the noise im tryin to teach a CLASS? we formed our band inside our highschoolmusic room huh dont stare!! when we were kids they called us gits and kicked our balls they took our lunch money and gave us quite a fall huh dont stare!! nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnature made us look pretty ugly b a ld i n g w h i n y s q u i n t y l i t t l e f a i r i e s “you dont remember “why dont you remember our names?
- ]!!warning!! song is too long truncating for radio edit**
fitter wealthier more productive
not sucking so much
regular play on the radio (3 times a day)
getting on better with your hypocrite college contemporary audience
playing well (no more local bar concerts and no more name-calling)
a better songwriter
a nicer car (groupie smiling in back seat)
touring lots (with REM)
careful to all producers (always following orders)
keep in contact with old favourites (playing creep on command)
will frequently check account at (moral) bank (tons of money)
favours for favours
fond but not in love
charity for the cameras
on fridays recording session
(starting to compose with piano instead of guitar)
get drunk (also on fridays)
still afraid of cars
writing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
writing so childish
at a faster pace
quicker and more complicated
no chance of escape
concerned (but self-absorbed)
an empowered & informed member of Oxfam (pragmatism and idealism!)*]
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- sung to the tune of "Karma Police"
karma police arrest this band they ripped me off singing bout computers and bout crashing aeroplanes. karma police arrest this man his whiny singing is making me depressed &he just took our m0ney. tHis is what you get. tHis is what you get. tHis is what you get when you spend on us. karma police ive given all ican its not enough ive given all i can but theyre still milking b-sides. tHis is what you get. tHis is what you get. tHis is what you get when you spend on us. (phew for a minute there i had to ralph)
- sung to the tune of "No Surprises"
our hearts were full up like a landfill got bored with playing music. started playing noise. we were so tired and unhappy. tired of our old sound. we searched. searchedfornovelty. we found noisy synthesizers. a wonky beatbox.+ you pretended that you liked us. you pretended that you liked us. you pretended that you liked us yeah. silence! silence! here's a final song with final whacked out brass band you pretended that you liked us. you pretended that you liked us. you pretended that you liked us, yeah. such a shitty song and such a shitty album. you pretended that you liked us. you pretended that you liked us. you pretended that you liked us yeah
2.5Amnesssiac(1)///Half of nothing, nothing of halfs/////2001
- sung to the tune of "All I Need"
>We're the next act. You will hear our sound. >We're the best thing our computerized music's so profound. >Singing 'bout knives out and some distorted static sound We're all you need. We're all you need. You're in the middle of our picture. Buying our CDs. >It's all wrong. It's all right. >It's all wrong. It's all right. >Wait how could something so wrong be so right? >It's so wrong. It's so right.
hail to the thief*52365435737474374374374733376437564375697569700
- sung to the tune of "The Tourist"
i guess we've seen the top and fallen. nowhere else to go. awesome, then we got too clever, our fanbase would know. sometimes I get over-smart, that's when you see red. they ask me where the hell i'm going?? i'm john cage the second hey man slowdown. idiots slow down.
RADIOHEAD HAVE MADE A RECORD.
SO FAR, IT IS NOT ANY GOOD.
- sung to the tune of "High And Dry"
Two discs in a set I bet you think that’s pretty clever don’t you boy We’re without a record label watching as our profits quickly drop You’d kill yourself to buy the discbox; you’d kill yourself to ever pay for that We broke another rule; We're turning into something that we fought So please pay high Don’t leave us dry The songs on here are less depressing, but that really isn’t saying much The album feels like broken pieces, the songs here simply do not measure up We’re the ones who'll rip you when we make you scrounge and pay the forty pounds We might as well just spit at you; you will be the one screaming out So please pay high Don’t leave us dry It’s the worst thing that we’ve ever done; the worst thing that we’ve ever, ever done It’s the worst thing that we’ve ever done; our good years really have since gone away
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- sung to the tune of "Reckoner"
YOU CAN'T PLAY IT MORE THAN ONCE IT BRINGS YOU NO PLEASURE THOM MUST BE TO BLAME FOR THIS RECORD'S LAME DISTRACTORS DARE NOT LET JONNY PLAY DEDICATED TO MEDIOCRITY BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF IDEAS FOR ROCK SONGS THE KING OF FAIL BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF IDEAS FOR ROCK SONGSS R E C O R D L A B E L S TAKE US WITH YER IT'S YORKE'S NEW SOLO ALBUM
- Enriqué Syrup (1993)
- Decompression Sickness (1995)
- Alright IBM (1997)
All That You Can't Leave BehindCommerical Suicide (2000)
- Parachutes (2000)
- Commercial Suicide, Part 2: Electric Boogaloo (2001)
A Rush Of Blood To The HeadHail to the Thief. ('Cuz Thom Stole Jonny's 'H'.) (2003)
- In Gaynbows (2007)
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Step 4 – The Eyes Have it
On the Playlist – Shania Twain ‘Man! I feel like a woman’.
Start by framing those peepers with beautiful brow…
- Pluck away any strays and only strays, keeping your brows at their natural thickness will make them look much more modern.
- Brush through with a spoolie and fill in lightly with a powder or pencil that matches your natural shade, using light quick strokes to mimic the look of real hairs. Finish by blending some champagne coloured eye shadow on the brow bone underneath for extra definition.
Moving on eyeshadow. For a fool proof, appropriate-for-all-occasions, brown smoky eye follow these simple steps;
- Apply a matte light brown all over your eye lid followed by a slightly darker matte shade in your crease and blend, blend, bland with a fluffy eye brush!
- Put a pop of shimmery brown in the centre of your lid using your finger and pat in gently, then take the dark matte brown again and with a thin brush smudge it onto your lower lash line (only going about half way along)
- Finish with the shimmery champagne shade, using your forefinger to pat it right in the corner by your tear ducts – this brightens your eyes and gives the look finesse.
Eyeliner time, and we’re going to do a wing! There are so many tips out there for perfecting a winged liner – here’s how I do it…
- I prefer to use a liquid liner rather than a gel or kohl – it lasts longer and gives the sharpest flick. Start in the centre of your lid, brush outwards to the corner of your eye and STOP!
- Without re-dipping the brush start drawing lightly from the inner corner moving towards the centre and join the two lines up, keeping it as thin as you can.
- Onto the flick – re-dip and point the end of your brush to where you want the point of your flick to be, press on and draw towards the eye, joining this up with the line you’ve already drawn. Thicken the flick with small careful strokes, always keeping the point of the brush at the point of the flick.
- Hopefully you’ve now got something that vaguely resembles a sultry cat eye! If not, keep practising – you’ll eventually land on a technique that feels right for you and you can do in 10 seconds flat. Remember, if your wings are not 100% symmetrical don’t worry! Honestly, especially once you’ve got your mascara on, people won’t notice and the overall effect will be just as striking!
- Finishing with mascara – take the wand, start at the very base of the lashes and wiggle the wand side to side, up towards the ends. This wiggling helps lift and separate lashes and makes your eyes look bigger. Repeat this a few times, focusing on the very outer lashes and fanning them out sideways – this will emphasise that *extremely professional* cat eye you have just perfected.
Bat those lashes, baby. Your eyes are done! Coming soon – the finishing touches that will pull this whole look together!
My personal favourites…
Eyebrows – Benefit Goof Proof Brow Pencil
This brilliant brow pencil really lives up to it’s name – it’s slanted pencil makes it easy and quick to shape and fill brows, and it comes with a spoolie on the other end! (Get it: Boots, Debenhams)
Eyeshadow Palette – Urban Decay Naked 1
This cult palette is the only one you need to create countless beautiful looks. Use the soft matte shades for quick definition day to day, then pull out the sparkles for night time. This is the exact palette I use to create my go-to smokey eye described above with the shade ‘naked’ as the light matte brown, ‘buck’ as the dark mate brown, ‘sidecar’ as the pop of sparkle and ‘sin’ as the champagne shade on the brow bone and tear duct – it’s that simple!
Liner – Rimmel Glam Eyes Liquid Eyeliner
I started using this liquid liner when I was about 16 and my allegiance hasn’t changed in that time. Its small, fine brush gives you really good control and it stays on ALL DAY, even when I try my best to sweat it off in particularly strenuous netball games. (Get it: Boots, Superdrug)
Mascara – Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is considering raising up to ¥1 trillion in new capital by the end of March to shore up its capital base amid sharp falls in its stockholdings amid the global financial upheaval, sources said Sunday.
MUFG is planning to raise fresh funds by issuing preferred and common shares, the sources said, adding it will finalize the specific amount to be raised and the timing after studying stock market movements and other factors.
In the face of recent plunges in global stock markets, Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. are also contemplating large-scale capital increases, the sources said.
With MUFG’s move, all three of Japan’s biggest banking groups are poised to reinforce their capital bases to keep their capital adequacy ratios from falling, observers said.
MUFG’s plan to boost its capital base comes after it announced earlier this month that it had bought a 21 percent stake on a fully diluted basis in troubled U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley for $9 billion after making revisions to the terms of the acquisition.
The megabank has made a handsome amount of investments since August to turn its California-based subsidiary UnionBanCal Corp. into a wholly owned unit and consumer loan lender Acom Co. into a subsidiary.
The envisioned capital increase is partly aimed at supplementing recent huge investments of well more than ¥1 trillion, the sources said.
The plan also comes at a time when MUFG is considering lowering its midterm consolidated net profit projection due to rising costs associated with the disposal of bad loans and the dwindling value of its shareholdings.
As of August, MUFG was forecasting a group net profit of ¥270 billion for the April-September period, but it is expected to slash the figure to less than ¥200 billion, according to informed sources.
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03-02-2013 10:55 PM
I am new to ACT and after importing our contacts into the database I discovered we had a large number of duplicate contacts. It was very easy to delete or merge duplicates in our previous database but not so easy in ACT. I'd like to get more familar with the product before purchasing any add-ons. I'm hoping the features we have come to expect from our database won't be required additional purchases with ACT.
My question is this: Can I export my duplicate contacts into an Excel spread sheet, delete them in ACT, clean up the duplicates in Excel then import them again into ACT? Would this work as a resonable work around for cleaning up the duplications? If so, do you have any advice on how to go about this?
Also, do you have any tips on lessening the chances of creating more duplicates in the future? Seeing as it's so difficult to delete them in ACT we need to make sure we have a system in place to prevent them as much as possible.
Thank you in advance for any answers you provide.
03-04-2013 06:53 AM - edited 03-04-2013 06:54 AM
Welcome to the Sage ACT! Community. If the duplicates were the result of an import, it may be easier to look them up and delete them en masse. You can lookup by the following fields:
Is Imported = True
Import Date = (date you imported them in).
You can do this using an Advanced Query (Lookup > Advanced > Advanced Query). Hopefully this should capture most if not all the duplicates.
Note: Effective 6/1/13, Sage no longers provides support for the Act! software. This is now provided by Swiftpage.
03-04-2013 08:30 AM
Thanks for the reply. The duplicates were the result of multiple imports. Some contacts appeared in multiple spreadsheets and lists causing them to show up numerous times once imported into ACT. Filtering by import date won't work in this case. Do you have any other suggestions?
03-04-2013 10:32 AM
Hello Jenn, and accept my welcome to the community as well.
Since you state you are new to ACT, can it be assumed that you have very little history? If that is the case, then use the duplicate checker under tools. You can select the fields on which a contact should be considered a duplicate.
If you don't have any historical data entered, then you can sort the list as you wish, and then delete every other one. In the list view, you have the option to "look up selected". You would click on the duplicates and then select look up selected. Then highlight all and delete.
If you have data entered, then the process becomes a little more manual.
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3D Illuminated Signs
If you want to make your brand stand out there’s no better option than 3d fabrication. 3D signs add a dynamic factor to your branding. 3D lettering and shapes can be created from a range of materials and illuminated in a number of innovative ways for bold, high impact marketing. Shadows, halo lighting or internal illumination all add to a 3D lettering sign’s impact.
Advanced technology mean 3D lettering is now an accessible option for most businesses. These dimensional signs come with loads of options, from the materials used to the way we light the sign. Let’s chat about what you want to achieve and we’ll direct you to the best options to craft your communication in a way will impact your brand and business. | <urn:uuid:0b1be323-7850-4abd-bcb2-0743d0f88664> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | https://www.joyprint.com.au/3d-illuminated-signs/ | 2020-01-21T12:03:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250603761.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20200121103642-20200121132642-00506.warc.gz | en | 0.869129 | 163 |
A recent news story on the mental acuity of people 90 years old and above, covered here in a nice piece on Bloomberg.com, likely caught the imagination of some who have wondered what later life might be like and perhaps inspired a few who are already there. According to a Danish study, nonagenarians today possess greater mental sharpness than in previous decades. Those who cross the age of 90 are performing better on mental tests and experiencing a higher quality of life than test groups from just 10 years before.
How much should aging affect the way we invest? The financial industry has an autopilot plan for seniors that rests on two sacred directives: preservation of capital and the generation of monthly or quarterly income. But each investor's circumstances, goals, and tolerance for risk are different, regardless of age. Every portfolio is unique and begs its own nuanced construction.
There's no guarantee that the stock that seems virtually risk-free today will be so when you wake up tomorrow morning. Remember just five years ago, when so many investors thought that large multinational U.S. investment banks were one of the safest sectors to park money in and collect a dividend? To put an even finer point on this idea, there isn't a stock investment that doesn't entail some degree of risk.
Senior investors, if you only come away with one point from this article, please remember this: When a broker, relative, colleague, or friend presents to you a "safe" stock that will provide income, be sure to ask them to explain to you the risks associated with that stock. We could all get better at understanding the potential problems corporations face when they execute their business plans. Incidentally, each publicly traded company's annual 10-K report filed with the SEC (which you can access from sites such as finance.yahoo.com) contains a mandatory section labeled "risk factors," where companies must identify the various risks that face their businesses.
So let's unshackle ourselves from these two mantras of later-years investing and examine four stocks that, while not primarily associated with capital preservation and which may or may not provide dividend income, are still relatively stable, fit a growth theme in the current economy, and exhibit risk that we can identify and live with.
Maxing the mix for stronger profits
Unilever (NYSE: UL ) is one of the world's largest consumer goods conglomerates. Over the last few years, it has increased revenues at a faster rate than ambitious competitors such as Procter & Gamble. Revenues have grown 30% over the last four years. Last year, the company posted nearly $67 billion in revenue.
For the last 12 months, Unilever has employed a growth strategy it calls "Maxing the Mix." This initiative seeks to pare down the number of total products the company sells worldwide, focusing resources on higher-margin stock keeping units, or SKUs, with sales growth potential. Though we're not necessarily looking for income in this exercise, Unilever does provide a very respectable dividend of 3.5%.
With Unilever, your risk is primarily in the company's exposure to developing countries. Unilever now obtains 40% of its revenues from emerging markets. As you may have read, economies such as Brazil, India, and China have slowed unexpectedly recently. If emerging market consumers lose purchasing power as they have in the U.S. (where Unilever growth is essentially flat), the company's revenue and earnings trajectory may suffer. You can live with this risk because "Maxing the Mix" now while growth is strong will benefit Unilever if it begins to forecast a slowdown in its international operations -- the company will be better positioned to quickly manage its inventory and sales lines to adjust to weaker global demand.
The upside in upscale
Would you invest in a high-end retailer while the U.S. economy still seems as if it could decelerate again any day now? I did mention that this exercise was about taking risk. But Macy's (NYSE: M ) is led by a very engaged and thoughtful management team. The company employs an "omnichannel" strategy to capture sales through its stores, traditional online channels, and mobile devices. Select stores act as retail points as well as fulfillment centers for online and mobile device sales. Internet sales have grown approximately 40% over each of the last two years, and while this only contributed 2.2% to Macy's total top line revenue growth in fiscal 2012, the contribution will increase in 2013. The company is widening its base of stores that act as fulfillment centers by more than 70% in 2013, from 292 stores that can service web orders, to more than 500.
The risk of the U.S. economy sliding back into recession is the most salient threat a higher end retailer such as Macy's faces. However, during the last recession, the company managed to steadily grow its profits. Since Jan. 1, 2009, the company's stock price has finished each year higher than it started, and 2013 is on track to be the fifth year of this pattern. As long as the company continues to emphasize its deep connection with its core customers (through a program it calls the "My Macy's localization initiative" ), and doesn't pull a J.C. Penney on the very base that supports it, the company should be able to weather another prolonged dip in U.S. economic activity.
An indirect way to invest in tech
Genpact (NYSE: G ) provides business process management and information technology services to companies around the globe. The company began as an internal unit of GE Capital in 1997, tasked with improving productivity within the division and other operating divisions at GE. Genpact went public in 2007. Genpact's primary offering is consulting and outsourced services, and as a service company, it posts robust margins: in its most recent quarter, it achieved a gross margin of 38% and a net profit margin of more than 9%. Except for a dip in 2009 similar to so many other corporations, the stock has been steady over the last few years, outperforming the market in 2013:
Genpact is a new economy stock that isn't a start-up or social media concern ladled with a sky-high valuation or a business model yet to prove. The company makes consistent profits now, but can continue to grow even if the world economy sputters along for the next few years: Corporations turn to Genpact as much to outsource non-core processes as to gain the benefit of their business expertise.
The risk in Genpact comes from an unexpected source: GE. Recall that Genpact grew out of GE; it still counts the company as its largest customer, deriving more than 26% of 2012 revenue from its former parent. We can live with this risk as Genpact is steadily decreasing this dependence, which was as high as 38% in 2010. And it's a fairly safe relationship in my opinion, as the company's expertise is rooted in "Six Sigma" and "lean" manufacturing -- operational techniques embraced by GE. Thus Genpact is better equipped to understand and advise GE than any of its competitors.
Canadian stability with a twist
The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS ) , also known as "Scotiabank," is one of Canada's "Big Five" banks. Canadian banks held their own during the recession years of 2008 and 2009, and won investor interest for being associated with the relatively stable Canadian economy. Scotiabank presents an intriguing investment opportunity due to its status as a steady Canadian bank, with diversified international revenues as a potential growth ingredient. Last year, the company booked revenues of $19.9 billion. Almost two-thirds of that revenue derived from banking business, split very evenly between Canadian banking ($6.3 billion) and International banking ($6.5 billion). The company's international banking is primarily focused on the fast-growing economies of Latin America, including Columbia, Peru, and Chile, with a growing base in Asia.
Similar to Unilever, your risk in BNS is its investment in developing economies, but as I've already noted, this is mitigated by the balance with its solid Canadian banking business. BNS trades at a relatively attractive trailing twelve month P/E ratio of 10.7, and again, like Unilever, it incidentally throws off an enticing dividend yield of 4%.
A final thought
Reaching your best years doesn't necessarily mean that every last stock you own should be conservative and boring. Whether you are beginning to think about changes to your investment style in your 50s or are enjoying the renaissance of your 80s and beyond, it's never too late to understand what each stock in your brokerage account will potentially contribute to your current goals and the possible pitfalls that each presents. | <urn:uuid:30d37c90-86c8-404a-befd-710b517939ae> | CC-MAIN-2014-35 | http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/07/31/seniors-take-some-risk-4-stocks-you-can-buy-today.aspx | 2014-08-22T23:56:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500824970.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021344-00144-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96642 | 1,799 |
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|Feb 2, 2011, 10:28 AM||#1|
Dismally slow inet on G4 800
The DSL inet speed on my Quicksilver G4 has been getting slower and slower until it is painful to use. I've been assuming it was our cheesy small town ISP but I recently tried an intel iMac on my connection and it was lightyears faster.
I know everyone is going to say its just my slow, old G4, but it has not always been this slow, and 800 mhz ought to be fast enough to keep up with a 1.5mbps DSL service. I did a free trial a while back of their 3mbps service, and could not measure any increase in speed so that doesn't seem to be the problem
Any ideas what I can do to speed it up?
|Feb 2, 2011, 10:38 AM||#2|
Which OS and browser are you running? I sometimes use systems slower than yours online, and its really quite fine, so i would bet your problem is something software related.
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The Actiwave is a miniature biomedical waveform recorder with up to 4 channels capture of EMG, EEG and ECG signals. The Actiwave is a small light weight ambulatory ECG, EEG and EMG recorder with up to 36 hours of recording capability on one channel.
The recorder is attached to the patient at the site of the electrodes recording full waveforms without long wires and the weight of a logging device. The user is able to define the sampling rate for increase accuracy or for longer monitoring period.
- ECG 24 Hour Holter Recordings, 5 lead and 3 lead ECG
- Paediatric ECG, EEG, EMG
- Adult ECG, EEG, EMG
- Free Living Recordings of Bio-potentials
- Ideal for veterinary applications
- Small and light-weight for free-living conditions
- Non-invasive technology; can be discretely attached to the body
- Ideal for paediatric use
- Up to 36 hours of recording: fully recharged in 4 hours
- Non-volatile memory
- Standard placements for a 3 and 5 lead ECG: A 3 lead ECG using the 2 channel version and a 5 lead ECG using the 4 channel
- Outputs data in the EDF+ standard format for analysis in any third-party software package
4 Units are available in the Actiwave range
Also available: The Actiwave Cardio - a waterproof single channel ECG waveform recorder with a tri-axial accelerometer.
- 1 Channel EEG/ECG
- 2 Channel EEG/ECG
- 2 Channel EMG
- 4 Channel EEG/ECG
How does the Actiwave work?
The Actiwave monitors have 1mm diameter pins to which slip-on leads are attached. CamNtech supplies two styles of leads. One lead set has touch-proof contacts on one end and 4mm female snap contacts on the other end. The second lead set has custom 1mm female sockets on one end and spring loaded clip contacts on the other end. Either lead set will attach directly to any ECG, EEG, or EMG electrodes that have 4mm male snap contacts.
Physiological signals are passed from the electrodes through the leads to an on-board amplifier. A miniature, efficient microcontroller digitises the amplified physiological signal and stores the digitised waveform in non-volatile flash memory. At the end of the recording session, the leads are disconnected from the Actiwave recorder and the recorder is connected to a dock. The Actiwave software transfers data from the recorder to the PC via the dock and USB cable.
Actiwave data is stored on the PC in European Data Format (EDF+) files. There are several free EDF+ viewers available (e.g. Polyman, EDF Browser) for download from the internet that will allow you to view the Actiwave files. Most viewers will display multiple channels with correlated time stamps so the researcher can observe simultaneous events in the different physiological parameters.
Full details on software programmes that are compatible with the Actiwave range are available on the Actiwave Software Page
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EfreeSoft Boss Key allow you to hide active program window immediatlly using a hot key!
EfreeSoft Boss Key allow you to hide active program window immediatlly using a hot key!You can hide the browser windows,folder windows,applications windows,all your desktop icons and taskbar when your boss or anyone else you don't want to see your screens comes in.It's speed is brought to maximum to allow you react as quickly as possible to any threat that appears. You won't feel even a slight difference in the performance of your home or office computer after installing it.With a cool and user-friendly interface makes it easy for anyone to use EfreeSoft Boss Key. Everybody should have such program for personal privacy.
It's more than a tool. It's the most beautiful replacement for your built-in photo gallery on your phone. You can easily view, compress, and hide, beautify and share your photos in seconds, simplifying your photo management and saving phone storage.
This is the free READER application for CYPHR (.cy) files. Bit-M CYPHR for Windows is state-of-the-art file encryption software for professional security. It allows you to protect the privacy of sensitive files, folders, or messages
An all-in-one utility to tweak, optimize, tune and clean up your Windows 7, it includes over thirty different utilities! Get access to hundreds of hidden options, clean registry and junk files, tune up Windows 7 boot menu and many other utilities.
With LockWiz, you will never worry too much about the leakage of your personal sensitive date. Once you set lock for individual APPs and encrypt multimedia files - nobody will be able to access them without a correct master password.
ZenVPN lets you access blocked or geo-restricted websites, protect your connection from snooping by ISP and conceal your real IP address from the sites you visit. The free version comes with a 250Mb/day bandwidth cap but no other restrictions.
1Click & Lock up is a system tray security utility you can use to secure your desktop when you step away from your PC. It's secure and very easy-to-use. Just define a password, and select Lock to hide and deny access to your desktop to anyone without
EncryptStick will store, protect, synchronize and securely backup your data, with military grade encryption. Join the thousands of users who have gained control of their digital life and greater peace of mind, with the power of EncryptStick.
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The annual Customer Owned Banking Convention, presented by the Customer Owned Banking Association and the Australasian Mutuals Institute, is widely recognised as an inspiring thought leadership forum. It is always enthusiastically attended by those in the industry from across the nation. This year the Convention was attended by the majority of credit unions, building societies, mutual banks and friendly societies as well as a large number of affiliate members. There were also a number of international attendees from the Asia Pacific region. The Conference program not only provided a range of networking opportunities but also some interesting thought debates around the chosen themes.
Curve was again proud to be associated with such an engaging event as the bus sponsor. Transporting delegates to and from the convention venue in air conditioned busses was enthusiastically welcomed by all delegates given the Darwin heat. The convention was attended by Curve’s David Flanagan and Managing Director Andrew Murray. We look forward to continue working with our customer owned banking partners, as well as the broader industry, well into the future. | <urn:uuid:dfb9093a-425c-41c8-84ee-9c5303f0cbc2> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://curvesecurities.com.au/events-sponsorships/ | 2022-05-25T08:05:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662580803.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525054507-20220525084507-00603.warc.gz | en | 0.979931 | 205 |
Ach, I could sit here and self criticise the hell out of this shot of the bride & groom standing in their reception room at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. It’s a lovely shot but far from perfect. And I certainly know what to do better the next time. But you know what? From a client point of view, all that pales into insignificance because visually it’s got just about everything you want from a Christmassy bride & groom shot. I mean, just check out those twinkles. The bride & groom were thrilled and were completely oblivious to all the points I nitpicked for future reference. I’ve learned over the years that sometimes, you need to give yourself a break! I’m my own biggest critic. I drive away from every wedding thinking maybe I shoulda done this and I shoulda done that. But now I know to take a step back and see the good in every shot. There’s plenty there. Sometimes, that’s all that matters. | <urn:uuid:fba34451-90a7-4120-8e5d-0a51f8015231> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://www.davidhoweddings.com/twinkles/ | 2019-07-23T06:32:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195528869.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20190723043719-20190723065719-00047.warc.gz | en | 0.961759 | 215 |
Like a challenge in a high profile 'face-of-IT' role? Welcome to the Home Office
Talk about a hostile environment... It's £70k+ but you'll really sweat for it
For the brave – or perhaps foolhardy – senior IT jobs hunters there is an opening at the UK Home Office for a Deputy Director of IT Operations in a lovely '70s era highrise in Croydon.
For a salary of between £71,000 and £85,000, the lucky candidate will be furnished with the opportunity of deciding which fire to try to put out first.
Excuse the pun, because high on the list might be the Emergency Services Network, that much-troubled upgrade to the fire, police and ambulance service’s mobile data and communications network, which dates back to 2011 and is yet to carry a message or call.
In September, as chief digital, data and technology officer at the Home Office, Joanna Davinson told Parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee that delays to the troubled Emergency Services Network would create additional annual costs "in the ballpark" of £550m "across the whole of the legacy estate".
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All that was before she was rewarded for the three years’ work on the project with a role as executive director of the UK government's new Central Digital and Data Office.
According to the job blurb, the Home Office Deputy Director of IT Operations will play a “critical role in providing digital, data and technology services at the Home Office, supporting vital national infrastructure and Home Office services.”
The person in the role, the ad said, is supposed to support a user-base of more than 35,000 Home Office staff, as well as more than 400 public-facing services used by millions, and diverse critical business areas including UK Visa & Immigration, Border Force, HMPO and policing.
So what other fires might need dampening? (*Sticks a pin in a long list*) How about border management IT systems, which have seen £336m added to their costs due to delays and uncertainty that continue to dog the programme, according to the National Audit Office?
Getting that unruly legacy borders IT estate – which includes the Customs Declaration System (CDS) that goes back to 1994 and still has no turn-off date – under control should be no problem as the Home Office is seeking a candidate who is “strategic and forward-thinking in terms of how we engage the business and use new and existing technologies to build capability.”
“Through embedding a culture of continuous improvement,” the successful candidate would “strive to deliver better outcomes and value for money", the gushing job ad continued. In doing so, they will "ensure that the Home Office delivers to cost and quality standards, managing risks and dependencies across multiple teams.”
Phew, we’re glad because there is another issue banging on the emergency button: the Police National Computer and the small matter of 413,000 deleted records of evidence, which Kit Malthouse, Minister of State for Crime and Policing, promised back in February to restore in 12 weeks.
About eight weeks to go then: time to get the feet under the desk.
It is a good job the Home Office bigwigs are looking to hire someone “highly focused on delivering” because the individual will also be expected to be the “face and voice” of IT Operations within the organisation, championing the function across the Digital Data and Technology group, the Home Office and wider government. Either that or sneak themselves into the asylum seekers deportation list.
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I don’t usually spotlight college basketball here on the blog, but my alma mater, Loyola University Chicago, is one of the Sweet Sixteen in this year’s NCAA Tournament. They play against Nevada at 7:07 PM ET tomorrow at Philips Arena here in Atlanta. (I won’t be there; I don’t have tickets, and besides, getting around is a bit difficult for me.) The Ramblers won the NCAA Tournament in 1963; will there be a repeat 55 years later? Tune in tomorrow!
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Denim x Denim was something I thought I’d never do…but never say never! I channeled some chambray on chambray and I don’t hate it. I think the key is to wear different shades of denim when trying this look. I chose a light wash chambray lace up top and my favorite dark wash denim shorts. I really like how the combo turned out! I also found these Topshop pearl studded sandals and DIED (so much so that I had to snag a pair for my bestie too!) They’re actually a great dupe for those Valentino rockstud gladiator sandals – except with pearls and not studs!
I made it to NYC last night and today is my first day of NYFW and I’m FREAKING OUT – I’ve wanted to come to this for forever and can’t even believe I’m here! I’m trying to stay cool…but I’m pretty sure I’m failing LOL (if you see me let’s just pretend I’m cool even though we both know I’m not)
Evidence below of how not cool I really am:
I was trying to cross my legs and cross the lace up top since it’s denim X denim…yes, I was trying to make an ‘X’ with my body – see told ya, totes not cool…
Anywho, it’s 8 am and I’m about to hop in the shower and get this day going! Wish me luck!
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Sometimes, the hardest part of getting where you need to go with a ride-sharing service is meeting up with your driver. The Uber app is adding a number of handy features to make pickups easier. You can send glanceable messages, create a color-coded signpost, and more.
The updated Uber app contains three new features, starting with Spotlight. If you're in a crowded area or it's just dark, you can set the app to take over the screen with a color specific to your driver. Just hold that up, and the driver will be able to identify you more quickly. Similarly, Uber now has pickup messages. When you enter a message, your driver sees it on the map. You could tell them what you're wearing or where exactly you're standing.
Uber is also rolling out guaranteed pickups for scheduled rides. If you set a ride up in the future, Uber now guarantees your ride will arrive at the specified time. If it doesn't you get a $10 account credit. Uber didn't specify when the new features would be available, but an update is currently rolling out in the Play Store. That may be it. | <urn:uuid:3a1a96c5-ea36-4c20-afe5-df8a433bd12f> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/07/16/uber-update-adds-features-make-pickups-less-annoying/ | 2020-02-17T13:07:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875142323.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20200217115308-20200217145308-00157.warc.gz | en | 0.945862 | 232 |
I was wondering if it is possible to take donor hair for a hair transplant from the sides of the head instead of the back of the head. If you can do this, do you take hair from both sides keeping it even or just one side?
Yes, it is possible to remove hair from the side of the head above the ears for hair transplantation. This is another common location for donor hair retrieval.
Sometimes, depending upon the size of the case and/or the nature of the case, hair can be removed from either the right or left side of the head and not necessarily both sides.
When larger cases are being performed, often the hair is removed from both sides and the back and/or just both sides and/or one side, again depending upon the size and nature of the case.
In each of these scenarios, the donor areas remain undetectable.
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Aaron Tveit (NEXT TO NORMAL, WICKED), Chelsea Krombach (WICKED), Steven Booth (AVENUE Q, HAPPY DAYS) and Natalie Weiss (WICKED Tour) sing “Like Breathing” from Edges at Pasek and Paul’s sold-out NYMF concert at the Zipper Theatre on September 22, 2008.
So, we always joke about the barricade boys being history’s first boyband. In light of that, I want you to pick four other theater actors to be in a boyband with you.
Well, the ladies love a guy who’s kind of a badass, and a country southern boy, so I gotta go with my main man Jeremy Woodard. And because he can sing his ass off, and it would allow me not to sing all the high harmonies, I need to go with Steven Booth. I’m trying to think… who’s got some good moves, man? We need somebody to do some dance moves. Curtis Holbrook, another one of my buddies, can dance his ass off! And then you always need one guy who can sing low notes. I don’t know, is there anybody who sings low notes anymore?
This is a tough one. You can pick West End actors if you have any in mind.
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Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that mainly affects the way people read and spell words.
Signs and symptoms
Dyslexia is a spectrum disorder, with symptoms ranging from mild to severe. People with dyslexia have particular difficulty with:
- phonological awareness
- verbal memory
- rapid serial naming
- verbal processing speed
These terms are explained in more detail below.
Phonological awareness is thought to be a key skill in early reading and spelling development. It is the ability to identify how words are made up of smaller units of sound, known as phonemes. Changes in the sounds that make up words can lead to changes in their meaning.
For example, a child with a good level of phonological awareness would understand that if you change the letter "p" in the word "pat" to "s", the word becomes "sat".
Verbal memory is the ability to remember a sequence of verbal information for a short period of time.
For example, the ability to remember a short list such as "red, blue, green", or a set of simple instructions, such as "Put on your gloves and your hat, find the lead for the dog and then go to the park."
Rapid serial naming
This is the ability to name a series of colours, objects or numbers as fast as possible.
Verbal processing speed
Verbal processing speed is the time it takes to process and recognise familiar verbal information, such as letters and digits.
For example, someone with a good verbal processing speed has the ability to quickly write down unfamiliar words when they are spelled out, or write down telephone numbers they are told.
Read more about the symptoms of dyslexia.
Dyslexia and intelligence
Dyslexia only affects some skills and abilities, and is not linked to a person's general level of intelligence.
Children of all intellectual abilities, from low to high intelligence, can be affected by dyslexia.
Similarly, the difficulty a child with dyslexia has with reading and spelling is not determined by their intelligence, but by how severe their dyslexia is. Children with average intelligence and mild dyslexia are likely to be more skilled at reading and writing than children with high intelligence and more severe dyslexia.
How common is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is thought to be one of the most common learning difficulties. It's estimated that up to 1 in every 10 people in the UK has a certain degree of dyslexia.
Dyslexia affects people of all ethnic backgrounds, and has even been shown to affect languages based on symbols rather than letters, such as Cantonese.
However, a person’s native language can play an important role in the condition. For example, dyslexia is less problematic in languages with consistent rules around pronunciation, such as Italian and Spanish.
Languages such as English, where there is often no clear connection between the written form and sound (for example, words such as "cough"and "dough"), can be more challenging for a person with dyslexia.
What causes dyslexia?
The exact cause of dyslexia is unknown, but it's seen more commonly in families.
Six genes have been identified that may be responsible for the condition, four of which affect the way the brain is formed during early life. Specialist brain scans (functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans) also show there is reduced function of one area towards the back of the brain, called the occipito-temporal cortex.
Read more about the causes of dyslexia.
It can be difficult to diagnose dyslexia in young children as the signs are not always obvious. If you think your child has dyslexia, the first step is to speak to their teacher or the school’s special needs coordinator.
Identifying your child’s strengths (such as picture puzzles or maths) as well as their difficulties can be helpful. Many schools identify children who are having difficulty learning in particular areas and offer additional support.
If your child does not make progress when offered this support, the school may request a more in-depth assessment from either a specialist teacher or educational psychologist. It is also possible to request private assessments, either directly from an educational psychologist or through voluntary organisations.
Read more about how dyslexia is diagnosed.
Although dyslexia is a lifelong problem, a range of educational programmes and interventions are often effective in improving reading and writing skills in many children with the condition. Research has shown that the earlier appropriate interventions are adopted, the better.
Most children respond well to educational interventions and go on to make progress with reading and writing, although some children continue to find reading and writing difficult and will require more intensive support and long-term assistance to help them learn strategies for managing their difficulties.
Children with dyslexia face challenges on a day-to-day basis, but even children who have severe dyslexia can go on to lead full and productive lives.
Read more about how dyslexia is treated.
As well as national dyslexia charities, such as Dyslexia Action, British Dyslexia Association (BDA) and Dyslexia Scotland, there are support groups on our Support Services Directory.
Last updated: 20 June 2014
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Featured Artist at Art on Paper
Fernando is very pleased to be Art on Paper’s featured artist, for the next couple of months. Fernando has provided a small collection of his studies in ink on paper. These will be on display from Saturday 9th November 2019, at Art on Paper’s Portland gallery and available to purchase in their online shop.
These small studies are independent from Fernando’s main practice in terms of scale and technique. They have also never been shown before. Art on Paper have mounted and framed the drawings especially for this exhibition.
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The world underwater is amazing and beyond words. This is specially true at the Galapagos Islands where so much diversity can be found on land and under the sea. Enjoy 6 days of diving in Galapagos. Depending on the Diving Site we have the following schedules prepared for you:
|09h15||10h15||Arrive at dive site / Dive and weight check (15 minutes|
|10h15||11h15||First Dive (Depth 20-25mts / 65-85ft) max time 1hr|
|11h15||121h15||Surface Interval (1hr); snack/lunch|
|12h15||13h15||Second Dive (depth 15-23mts / 50-75ft) max time 1hr|
|13h15||14h15||Snack / Lunch, return|
Departure to dive site (via sea or land/sea)
Diving Prerequisites for Participants
Your safety is our priority at all times, and this is specially true for scuba diving. For this reason we have the following requirements prior to engaging in a dive.
- All dive participants must hold a valid diver certification from PADI, NAUI, CMAS or similar.
- Complete the Diving Application Form
- Medical Certificate declaring any medical condition and/or people over 55 years of age who have not been diving for the last 6 months.
- Be between the ages of 13 and 65.
- We accept certified beginner divers at all dive sites except Gordon Rocks, for which you require a minimum of 30 logged dives or previous evaluation from our dive guides while diving at another site.
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Another reason I like listening to him is due to the fact that he reports on news and events that you can't get from anywhere else. For example, his news website - The Blaze - is dedicated for that purpose. I learn more about what's really going on in our country and the world by spending a few minutes each day reading the articles than listening to a full hour on any main stream news outlet.
A little over a year ago I subscribed to his Insider Extreme membership on his website, which gave me full access to his live radio program, documentaries, and more! That membership has recently been converted to the new GBTV.com featuring his new daily 2-hour live program every weekday. I absolutely love it! Plus he just launched a new iPhone/iPad/iTouch app that allows you to watch live or on demand right from your mobile device! | <urn:uuid:2675e5d7-c26f-467f-a226-0313efc8283e> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | http://whitehouseroad.blogspot.com/2011/09/truth-lives-here.html | 2017-09-26T12:48:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818695726.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170926122822-20170926142822-00026.warc.gz | en | 0.980585 | 175 |
2012 Covenant Award Nominations Sought
Nominations were accepted for the 2012 Covenant Awards, five honors that recognize students who exemplify and illustrate Augustana's core values: Christian, Liberal Arts, Excellence, Community and Service. Nominations were due Friday, March 9.
The 2012 awards were presented at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church as the culminating event of Verdier 2012, a week-long celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the Covenant Awards.
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In recent years, mixed-use development has become the hottest trend in the shopping center industry; everyone is doing it. But as popular as this property type is, it is a far more risky undertaking than traditional shopping centers.
Mixed-use projects can cost from 20 percent to 50 percent more than single-use retail, and can take twice as long to complete. Meanwhile, lenders tend to be nervous about financing mixed-use because there is greater margin for error and it's harder to underwrite the projects, according to Fred L. Keith, president of HKW Associates, P.C., a Birmingham, Ala.-based architecture firm.
And once the project is completed, it's extremely difficult to convert one use into another. Theaters and cinemas, with windowless interiors, ceiling heights that can reach up to 30 feet and sloped floors cannot be cheaply converted to another use. Meanwhile, residential buildings are another tough nut with multiple unit separations on each floor, says Keith. And small-scale retail space can only be converted to a different kind of retail space. Even office buildings — the most flexible components of mixed-use development — might be problematic if they have large floor plates and few windows.
As a result, developers and architects working on mixed-use projects have to make sure they get things right the first time, Keith says. That means more up-front planning taking into consideration things like adequate separation and integration of uses, visibility for the retailers, juggling parking placement and creating a unique sense of place that draws in people beyond the folks that live and work in the project.
But developers believe that the added time and expense is worth it because, according to them, the returns on mixed-use projects tend to be higher.
“Office and apartment rents typically increase on an annual basis and retail rents do not, so on a long-term basis it's a better deal,” says Brett Hutchens, partner in charge of retail development with Casto, a developer with 20 million square feet of retail space in its portfolio. Meanwhile, the retail component has the added benefit of drawing traffic from the residential, office and hospitality uses.
Main Street, USA
For horizontal mixed-use projects, architects say the most frequent failing is creating a development that feels bland to the customer. Mixed-use projects are expected to recreate the town square setting found in downtowns of the past, but many architects don't look closely enough at what made those settings work, according to John R. Clifford, principal of GreenbergFarrow, a national firm offering architecture, engineering and development services.
“They are trying to recreate the Main Street of Disneyland, this artificial idea of what a Main Street looks like,” says Jack Illes, managing partner of Urban Labs, a Del Mar, Calif.-based urban design and architecture firm specializing in mixed-use retail and residential projects. “You can show up anywhere in the country and you'll find the same kind of place, with the same tenants and after a while, it's going to feel as tired as the mall because it's not unique.”
This is a costly mistake, because horizontal mixed-use projects, where buildings are spread out over many small buildings, bring some added expenses to the mix. Four-sided construction tends to cost 10 percent to 15 percent more than the three-sided approach commonly used with single-use retail properties, says Jack O'Brien, president of Dallas, Texas-based architecture firm O'Brien & Associates.
To break monotony, allowing retailers to pursue their own design visions can help make the place unique, according to Illes. He brings up the example of General Growth Properties' Otay Ranch Town Center, a recently opened lifestyle property in Chula Vista, Calif.
General Growth let each retailer design its own storefront, resulting in details as varied as limestone pillars and striped awnings to stonework and a sunset yellow color scheme for the local Barnes & Noble.
The quality of the materials, however, has to be consistent throughout the development, says Stan Laegreid, principal of Seattle, Wash-based Callison Architecture. A community for the mid-market consumer should not have elements of luxury to avoid confusing customers.
A common mistake architects have made with some of the first horizontal mixed-use projects has been to bury the retail deep inside the project's residential components. The retail and residential should play off each other, but retail also needs to pull from a wider trade area, says Greg Lyon, partner with KTGY Group, Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based planning and architecture firm. “They need traffic that extends beyond that community,” he says.
When adding entertainment to the mix, designers also need to think about the hours of operation for theaters and restaurants. “A live theater isn't necessarily used 365 days a year and even if it is, it's typically only from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.,” says Illes. “What happens the rest of the day? You've got a bunch of doors leading to an empty, dark place and that can kill traffic.” And location is important as well. Otherwise, residents may have to deal with noise every night.
To make the projects interesting to explore, architects and planners should vary the width and length of streets within the development, the style and height of various buildings, the size of public area spaces and the distribution of architectural features such as fountains and clock towers.
“Real cities were built over time by different architects and different landlords,” says Clifford. “They have modern structures on the side of Neoclassical ones, with Victorian architecture nearby.”
Spacing is also an important consideration, says Alex Espinoza, design principal in the retail/commercial studio of Dorsky Hodgson Parrish Yue, a Cleveland, Ohio-based architecture firm. When buildings are too close together, people feel uneasy, but putting them too far apart disorients visitors, Espinoza says.
The configuration and placement of parking lots is one of the greatest challenges in mixed-use development. Most experts say that parking in horizontal projects should be segregated by use, with separate lots set aside for residents, retail customers and office workers. These lots have to be connected to their respective uses by convenient pedestrian links and should be within close walking distance for the center's customers, says Michael Alston, of Development Design Group, a Baltimore, Md.-based planning, architecture and design firm. In vertical projects, which tend to use structured parking, segregation is even more critical — the condominium owners don't want to come home a week before Christmas and find that their spaces have been taken by shoppers, says Lyon. He recommends creating separate entrances for residents and office workers from the retail portion of the project.
In vertical mixed-use projects national retail tenants with good credit are vital for securing financing, but they have set store prototypes and prefer wide, open spaces with great ceiling height. That is difficult to achieve when there are all kinds of mechanical and plumbing systems coming down from the apartments above, says Simon Sykes, vice president with Development Design Group. One solution is to position these systems horizontally, along the ceiling, instead of vertically, when they come to the first floor. O'Brien recommends creating a 2- to 4-foot tall interstitial space between the retail level and the apartments above for sewer pipes as a way to avoid multiple penetrations of the podium slab above retail.
In vertical mixed-use, structured parking can account for up to 15 percent of the entire project cost, while not producing any revenue, says Laegreid.
Another issue to tackle is how the retailers can load and unload merchandise without disturbing residents. A loading dock can be installed in the back of the building or on the ground floor or basement level, with an elevator delivering the goods to the retailer's main floor. This requires a delicate balancing act — elevators and servicing areas often translate into inefficient space and lost revenue, resulting in up to 15 percent of additional expense, says Laegreid.
Getting the message out
The architect also has to make sure that the retail component is the most eye-catching of all in a mixed-use property, says Jeff Green, owner of Jeff Green Partners, a Mill Valley, Calif.-based retail consulting firm. In such a dense environment, visitors' eyes tend to wander and if the storefronts don't jump out at them, the retailers are likely to suffer. O'Brien recommends using different construction materials to set retail apartfrom residential and office.
Considering what kind of tenants go well with a mixed-use building is also an important decision. Restaurants, for example, are a risk for vertical mixed-use projects because in addition to the smell and noise that might bother residents, they can draw rats and mice that could eventually scurry up and infest residential units.
“That's new information to many people in the suburban hinterland; it isn't necessarily self-evident,” says Illes.
To prevent a disaster, developers need to make sure that the market in which their mixed-use property is going to be located can support each use on its own. They have to educate themselves on what makes mixed-use work and adequately explain their vision to the architect, says Illes.
“If you hire different architecture firms for each use, you've got one team trying to solve all of their problems and another team concentrating on what they need,” says Brian Church, of Urban Labs.
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Kleinberg kicked off the session by proudly showing a photo of his BBQ rig, which has gas and charcoal. Last year his kids bought him a smoker add-on so he could make brisket. Kleinberg was bummed that the manufacturer missed an opportunity to teach him how to make a great brisket with video.
Today, we can lean back while we lean forward. “Does anyone remember advertising before digital?” Kleinberg asked. “Advertising used to be about persuasion, motivation, and desire.” Kleinberg maintains that digital allows us to bring those things back online with video. The continuum between preroll and branded content is filled with lots of other opportunities—social, mobile, native, consumer-generated options.
Segura showed a chart showing the incredible explosion of online video ad spend. With more online video, online video ad opportunities abound. This year, online video traffic is poised to have 26% yoy growth. Segura is excited about native video. Video that doesn’t run in ad rails and doesn’t run against content (not spot buys).
Mobile video is also exciting to Segura because it’s immersive and people share these videos. Segura focuses on native and mobile. Video is a world where content is branded and at least 30-seconds long but can be 10 minutes to as long as 45 minutes. He cited a Dollar Shave Club campaign which garnered 9.8 million video views and Old Spice, which enjoyed more than 231 million video views. He reminded the audience is that the only constant is change, as the industry is ever evolving.
Zoosk’s Barrett talked about pre-roll and what she’s learned while helping the 5-year-old online dating site. When she started, her bosses said that they wanted fame. “TV is the fastest but most hideously expensive way to get fame,” quipped Barrett.
She said that Zoosk was investing hundreds of millions of dollars and so they changed their strategy to find more efficient ways to increase unaided awareness. Youtube viewers are young, the majority under 35, so they gave that a try. The Youtube videos worked and were more cost-effective. You only pay if people watch beyond the first 5 seconds.
Zoosk tried various formats (30-seond, one-minute, two-minute) but quickly decided that they shouldn’t bother with the 30 second spots. “People bounced immediately,” lamented Barrett. They took the same ad and cut it to 15 seconds and that enjoyed a 22% viewing rate. The 60-second video ad did well, too. But viewers didn’t like the 2-minute video. So 15-seconds and 60-seconds are the magic numbers for Zoosk. “You need to know your audience and test them to see what they respond to,” said Barrett. “Then study the numbers and delve into them.” She ended by showing a funny 60-second spot that has enjoyed, to date, 6 million views.
Photobucket’s Toner talked about video storytelling. He reflected on the changes over the decade from the days of paid search to the current days of content marketing, mobile, and video. TV ads weren’t engaging nor were they measurable. Brands are now expected to be content creators, to be storytellers.
When Photobucket last fall re-launched their brand and site, they worked with Poptent, posting their creative brief on Poptent.net, along with their low budget (less than $100K). Poptent.net accesses more than 60K filmmakers in 140 countries. One month later, they had a ton of great content from which to choose, including 15 fully produced spots. Three spots were chosen as finalists, which were shown on the Photobucket site, encouraging users to engage with their videos. Effectively they activated users to generate their own video content and use the Photobucket community as a platform. Perry joined Toner to talk about a campaign the two did together and how crowdsourcing helped them succeed.
Next, Photobucket users created more than 2,700 of their own stories to share with the Photobucket community. Time spent was off the charts too - nearly three minutes per storytelling unit. Effectively, Photobucket used crowdsourcing and social video to relanch their brand and site while re-engaging with their core audience. Fox’s “Parental Guidance” movie campaign was also offered as a case study that demonstrates how video really increases engagement. | <urn:uuid:1d73daf8-3d20-47cc-8e52-3de1c070da3e> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://www.imediaconnection.com/articles/ported-articles/blogs/2013/apr/making-online-video-magic/ | 2017-11-22T14:56:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806609.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20171122141600-20171122161600-00173.warc.gz | en | 0.968774 | 953 |
Discover Sequoyah County and trace your family history and ancestry with this list of county-specific genealogy resources.
Located in northeastern Oklahoma, Sequoyah County is named for the Sequoyah District of the Cherokee Nation and for Sequoyah, a member of the Cherokee tribe who invented the Cherokee alphabet in the 1800s. The first capital of the Cherokee Nation was located in Sequoyah County from 1829 to 1839. The first railroad in the county was the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway, built in 1888-90. Natural gas and limestone mining have been important industries in Sequoyah County. Near Sallisaw, Sequoyah’s Cabin displays the 1829 log cabin home of Sequoyah. Tenkiller State Park offers camping and cabins on the shores of Lake Tenkiller, while boating, fishing and scuba diving can be enjoyed on the lake.
In 2000, census records showed 38,972 people living in Sequoyah County. Countless assets exist for tracing genealogy in Sequoyah County including legal records, cemetery records and a local genealogy society. Valuable resources for researching genealogy in Sequoyah County are provided below, including a list of existing towns, the county courthouse address, a detailed map of the county and a list of cemeteries located within the county.
Sequoyah County Courthouse Information
120 E. Chickasaw St.
Sallisaw, OK 74955
Telephone: (918) 775-4516
Directions: Chickasaw St. & Oak St.
Records available: Court Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and civil court records from 1907.
Search for cemeteries, highways and scenic sites, or examine county and township lines with this detailed map of Sequoyah County.
While researching your family history in Sequoyah County, be sure to visit Sallisaw, the largest town in the county. The following towns and cities are located in present day Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
The following towns and cities either no longer exist in Sequoyah County or are still populated, but significantly less so than in years past. These towns and cities are commonly referred to as "ghost towns."
The following cemeteries are located in present day Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
Cedar Grove Cemetery
New Rogers Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery
Old Muldrow Cemetery
Star Ford Cemetery
Tee Hee Cemetery
Ussery Family Cemetery
White Chapel Cemetery
Muldrow Public Library
Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library
Muldrow Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1253
Muldrow, OK 74938
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Technology vendors are failing to maximise the opportunities provided by their reseller and channel partners, a new survey has found.
A survey of over 500 resellers and distributors across the technology spectrum showed that less than 7pc of resellers say vendors are their most valuable source of leads, and less than a quarter say leads provided by vendors are ‘highly actionable’.
Other findings of the survey are that 70pc of resellers said vendor marketing campaigns were ineffective or only somewhat effective in driving their business, and that almost half (46pc) say vendor field representatives never or infrequently team with them in cooperative selling.
It also found that nearly 80pc of resellers experienced at least some conflict or competition with vendor sales organisations.
The survey was conducted by the CMO Council, a 3,000-member global network of chief marketing officers who together control more than €45bn of annual marketing spend. It is operated worldwide by GlobalFluency, of which communications and marketing company Comit is the sole Irish partner.
"The message for the Irish technology channel is that, despite a very large spend on lead-generation and branding campaigns, a significant portion of this spend is not improving channel performance or product sales," said Allan Chapman, managing director, Comit.
"In some cases, marketing and sales activities may well be alienating the channel, reducing trust, confusing the customer and reducing overall productivity and effectiveness. With as much as 80pc of business leads languishing, lost or ineffectually handled, there is a big top-line revenue benefit for vendors seeking to increase yield, productivity and accountability throughout the channel.
"All too often, vendors overlook the value of input from their Irish channel partners on product development, messaging and marketing campaign design. Vendors need to cooperate more with their Irish resellers on marketing, selling, product development and problem solving."
The survey traversed six technology industry sectors: IT; physical security and surveillance; telecommunications; consumer electronics; office products; and professional audio/visual equipment.
On a positive note, the survey showed that despite the economic downturn, almost 60pc of the channel partners expect substantial increases in business this year. The combined revenue for these business partners is expected to exceed €3trn by 2010.
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I'm stunnd to learn I have a folder in Allen Ginsberg's papers at Stanford. I don't recall writing to him.
I do remember a 1970 letter I wrote to Jean-Claude van Itallie abt my encounter with Ginsberg at the COSMEP conference in Buffalo. funny stuff.
I suspect I may have invitd him to contribute to the d.a. levy issue of The Serif that I editd in 1971. but if I did he never answerd. | <urn:uuid:29072d20-3291-441d-8f52-c92fcb2508cd> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com/2007/03/collections.html | 2017-12-12T00:59:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948514238.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20171212002021-20171212022021-00289.warc.gz | en | 0.938875 | 105 |
Multiple Vehicle Accident Occurs on Interstate 40
Nashville, TN (July 17, 2020) Sections of Interstate 40 were recently closed after a multiple-vehicle accident that occurred on the morning of July 17th. The Tennessee Department of Transportation has since cleared the scene of the accident, which occurred shortly past the Old Hickory Boulevard Exit 199 on Interstate 40 Eastbound.
Data compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that in 2016, 34,439 car accidents involving fatalities occurred. This equates to 95 deadly vehicle accidents in the United States each day. An even larger number of people are seriously injured in accidents.
Among the many types of vehicle accidents, one of the most overwhelming types are multiple vehicle collisions. This article reviews some safety strategies that you can follow if you are involved in such an accident.
- Immediately contact emergency services, even if you do not believe that you were seriously injured in the collision.
- Be cautious about what you say to law enforcement as well as any other involved drivers. This means that you should avoid admitting fault. Even accidental admissions can be used against you later.
- Document as much of the accident scene as you can, provided it is safe to do so. This includes the other driver’s contact information, personal information for anyone who saw the accident occur, photographs of vehicle damage, and copies of police reports.
- Before giving a recorded statement to your insurance carrier, it is a good idea to speak with a knowledgeable attorney.
Speak with a Knowledgeable Knoxville Personal Injury Attorney
If you’ve been involved in a Tennessee car accident, it is common to find yourself facing various hardships including large medical bills, lost wages, and debilitating injuries. An attorney can help you hold the party responsible for your accident accountable. Contact Fox & Farley today to schedule a free case evaluation.
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The libraries here at the University of British Columbia (UBC) are a great place to study and finish important work. In fact, they often contain valuable resources that can help you with that! Here, you’ll find some hidden gems of library resources here at UBC.
1) Computers and Printers
For the majority of libraries in UBC, they all contain computers available for student use. All of them are accessible with student accounts! The computers are connected to heavy duty printers where you can print assignments or documents for a small fee.
2) Borrowing Services
If you ever need to borrow technology, look no further than UBC’s libraries. At Irving, Koerner, Woodward, and David Lam Library, you can loan Laptops. For other items such as phone chargers, headphones, and projectors, the Chapman Learning Commons Help Desk in Irving lends these items. All you need is your UBC Student Library Card.
3) Bookable Group Study Rooms
At Woodward, Koerner, Education, David Lam, Asian, and Irving Libraries, there are bookable group study rooms available to all students. To book a room, you can register online with the Library Room Booking system. You can sign into these Booking systems via your UBC account.
4) Walk-In Technology Support
Located at the first floor of Koerner Library, The IT desk offers free walk-in support. This entails WIFI setup, connecting your laptop to printers in the library, troubleshooting of library computers, and IClicker support.
5) Workshop/Presentation Rooms
The Lillooet room. Furnished with round tables and chairs.
For students that have something valuable they want to teach or present to a large audience, they can book the Dodson and Lillooet rooms located in Irving. However, the the activities cannot include meetings, fundraisers, or anything commercial.
6) Online Library Indexes & Databases
For research papers, students can access the online library database to find literature and research papers. Some are accessible online whereas others needed to be physically rented out. Conveniently, the location and status of books are provided in the searches.
7) Tutoring and Coaching
Located on the third floor of the Irving Library is the UBC Learning Commons. Students can book free sessions for writing, math, study tips, tutoring, and academic coaching!
8) Guided Library Tours
For students interested in learning more about the libraries at UBC, tours can be booked at the library branch. The tours offer an insight into the history of the library as well as other fun facts.
Libraries at UBC
1) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Irving has four floors. The first and the second are in open areas, great for group projects or just relaxing. The third and fourth floors are quiet areas located within the library. The library is open from 6am – 1am.
2) Walter . Koerner Library
Koerner has 5 floors. The first floor is the group study area, whereas the rest are silent study areas. Koerner is a great place to focus and get some studying or assignments done. The library is open from 7:30am – 10pm.
3) Law Library at Allard Hall
For students interested in law, Allard Hall contains a plethora of legal information and research resources available. There are many large tables in the library that groups can take advantage of. The library is open from 8:30am – 10pm.
4) Woodward Library
Woodward has 3 floors. Unlike other libraries, all floors are considered quiet areas. The first floor mainly consists of computers, while the second and third floors are filled with bookcases, tables, and bookable group study rooms. The library is open from 8am – 10pm.
5) Xwi7xwa Library
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is so enamored with power that he will use every means at his disposal to keep from being overthrown.
He has now allegedly resorted to killing women and kids with poisonous gas and instilled blind fear in the hearts of rebels. With more than 100,000 dead, Assad's determination to survive should not be downplayed.
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ニンテンドー３ＤＳ Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS
|| February 26, 2011
| N. America:
|| March 27, 2011
|| March 25, 2011
|| March 31, 2011
| South Korea:
- GPU: Digital Media Professionals PICA200 GPU
- Size: 134.6mm×73.7mm×20.3mm
- Screen size: 3.53 inches (top) 3.02 inches (bottom)
- Screen resolution: 400×240 (top), 320×240 (bottom)
- Weight: 287g
- Camera: One inner and two outer cameras at 0.3 Megapixels
The Nintendo 3DS (Japanese: ニンテンドー３ＤＳ Nintendo 3DS) is Nintendo's handheld game console for the eighth generation of video games.
Announced in a March 23, 2010 press release, the Nintendo 3DS is fully backwards-compatible with all Nintendo DS games. Its revolutionary feature, however, is its ability to display stereoscopic 3D graphics without the use of glasses, using the technique of parallax barrier.
More details on the 3DS were revealed at E3 in 2010, with graphics reminiscent of a Nintendo GameCube game being shown. The 3DS is fully compatible with Nintendo DS games, as well as its own games, while the 3D depth-sensing features are able to be adjusted at-will using a slider on the right side of the top screen. The top screen is slightly wider than the bottom, with a 5:3 aspect ratio, while the system itself features a control stick dubbed the "Circle Pad", in addition to the normal D-pad featured on all prior handhelds. The 3DS is also fully compatible with DSi-only features, such as those from Pokémon Black and White.
A larger version, known as the Nintendo 3DS XL, was released in Japan and Europe on July 28, 2012; in North America on August 19 and Australia on August 23. A third, entry-level model (lacking stereoscopic 3D features) known as the Nintendo 2DS was released on October 12th, 2013 in North America, Europe, and Australia and New Zealand. The 2DS has no planned Japanese release.
- Size: 5.3 inches wide, 2.9 inches long, 0.8 inches tall.
- Weight: 8 ounces
- Top screen: 3.53-inch widescreen LCD, 3D capability, 800×240 pixel resolution (400 pixels are allocated for each eye to enable 3D viewing)
- Bottom screen: 3.02-inch LCD, touch screen, 320×240 pixel resolution
- Cameras: One inner camera, two outer cameras, both at 640x480 pixel resolution (0.3 MP)
- Nintendo 3DS game card: 2GB max at launch.
- Wireless communication: Can communicate in the 2.4 GHz band. Multiple Nintendo 3DS systems can connect via a local wireless connection to let users communicate or enjoy competitive game play. Systems also can connect to LAN access points to access the Internet and allow people to enjoy games with others. Supports IEEE 802.11 with enhanced security (WPA/WPA2). Nintendo 3DS hardware is designed so that even when not in use, it can automatically exchange data with other Nintendo 3DS systems or receive data via the Internet while in sleep mode.
- Game controls: Touch screen, embedded microphone, A/B/X/Y face buttons, + Control Pad, L/R buttons, Start and Select buttons, "Circle Pad" that allows 360-degree analog input, one inner camera, two outer cameras, motion sensor and a gyro sensor.
- Other input controls: 3D Depth Slider to adjust level of 3D effect (can be scaled back or turned off completely depending on the preference of the user), Home button to call system function, Wireless switch to turn off wireless communications (even during game play), Power button. The telescoping stylus is approximately 4 inches when fully extended.
- Input/Output: A port that accepts Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi, and Nintendo DS game cards, an SD memory card slot, an AC adapter connector, a charging cradle terminal, and a stereo headphone output jack.
- Sound: Stereo speakers positioned to the left and right of the top screen
- Battery: Lithium ion battery
- Parental controls: Included
All releases listed are the year in which the Japanese version was released.
The Nintendo eShop is an application which is obtained by performing a system update. It uses the Internet to purchase and download select full 3DS titles, 3DS-exclusive downloadable games (including 3D Classics), DSiWare, and Virtual Console games with money uploaded onto the console, along with free updates to select titles.
Select Nintendo 3DS retail software titles are available to download via the Nintendo eShop since August 2012.
Virtual Console games
Virtual Console games are old games that were originally released on past consoles, and have now been re-released on the Nintendo eShop. They can be downloaded after being bought. There are two Pokémon games that have received this treatment so far.
| Pokémon X and Y patches
|| 2013 - 2014
| Pokémon Bank patches
|| 2013 - 2014
| Pokémon Art Academy patch
| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS patches
| Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire patches
Via backwards compatibility
The 3DS can be used to play games playable in the Nintendo DS series of systems, excluding Game Boy Advance games.
A Pearl Pink Nintendo 3DS
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An Ice White Nintendo 3DS
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A Midnight Purple Nintendo 3DS
An Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS Open, Closed and front view
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In submitted testimony to the British Parliament, climate scientist Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution said that while steep cuts in carbon emissions are essential to stabilizing global climate, there also needs to be a backup plan. Geoengineering solutions such as injecting dust into the atmosphere are risky, but may become necessary if emissions cuts are insufficient to stave off catastrophic warming. He urged that research into the pros and cons of geoengineering be made a high priority.
"We need a climate engineering research and development plan, in addition to strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" testified Caldeira, a faculty member of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology in Stanford, California, at an inquiry on geoengineering convened by the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee of the House of Commons on November 10. "Prudence demands that we consider what we might do in the face of unacceptable climate damage, which could occur despite our best efforts to rein in greenhouse gas emissions," he said.
Climate engineering (or geoengineering) refers to controversial proposals to deliberately modify the Earth's environment on a large scale, primarily to counteract greenhouse warming. One scheme would cool the planet by injecting dust into the upper atmosphere to scatter incoming sunlight. Other possibilities include enhancing cloud cover over the oceans. Critics question the effectiveness of these schemes and worry that tampering with the Earth's systems would create as many problems as they solve. But others warn that currently accelerating carbon emissions may push the planet's climate system to a tipping point, making drastic measures necessary to prevent an environmental calamity.
"Science is needed to address critical questions, among them: How effective would various climate engineering proposals be at achieving their climate goals? What unintended outcomes might result? How might these unintended outcomes affect both human and natural systems?" said Caldeira. "Engineering is needed both to build deployable systems and to keep the science focused on what's technically feasible."
Caldeira advocates a university-based research effort involving scientists and engineers representing a range of disciplines. "A climate engineering research plan should be built around important questions rather than preconceived answers," he advised the committee. "It should anticipate and embrace innovation and recognize that a portfolio of divergent but defensible paths is most likely to reveal a successful path forward; we should be wary of assuming that we've already thought of the most promising approaches or the most important unintended consequences."
"Only fools find joy in the prospect of climate engineering. It's also foolish to think that risk of significant climate damage can be denied or wished away," he said. "Perhaps we can depend on the transcendent human capacity for self-sacrifice when faced with unprecedented, shared, long-term risk, and therefore can depend on future reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. But just in case, we'd better have a plan."
Full submitted statement (go to page 99) is available at:
Transcript of oral testimony will be available at:
Source: Carnegie Institution
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